Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Farmers Cheese Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
28 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 118% | 101% |
| total sugar | 167% | 232% |
| egg | 83% | 48% |
| leavener | 4% | 4% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
| liquid | 34% | 200% |
| dairy | 16% | 117% |
| chocolate | 6% | 67% |
| vegetables and beans | 6% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 198 g | 1 3/4 stick butter (14 Tbsp) |
| 50 g | 1 egg yolk |
| 38 g | 2 1/2 Tbsp milk |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 9 g | 1 3/4 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 10 g | 3/4 Tbsp Baking Soda |
| 680 g | 1.5 lb Farmers Cheese |
| 250 g | 1 1/4 cups sugar |
| 150 g | 3 eggs + 1 leftover egg white |
| 14 g | 1 1/2 Tbsp potato starch or corn starch |
| Note: several of my readers highly recommend grated zest of 1 lemon | |
| 85 g | 3/4 Stick Butter |
| 150 g | 3/4 Cup sugar |
| 5 g | 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 44 g | 3 Tbsp water |
Method: 9 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“hi this cake looked yum so i just made it ..first of all how important is it to freeze the dough for an hour ..?couldnt i have just placed the dough on bottom and top of pan and baked right away with the filling..?also i baked for 35 min let it cool and cut a” — a cook, 1.0★
“This is my one of my favorite cakes to make and to eat. I made it about 5-6 times now, its super easy and everyone loves it. I read the recommendation about lemon zest and I tried it once, but I think I put too much, and the zest taste was a bit too much for m” — a cook, 5.0★