A question about a recipe: Chocolate Dump-It Cake

hardlikearmour is a trusted home cook.

added about 2 years ago

A bundt pan or 2 loaf pans would probably work.

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Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.

added about 2 years ago

Agree with hardlikearmour -- my sister uses regular 9-inch cake pans when she makes it. If you have springforms, that's easiest. The batter also makes good cupcakes....

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Thanks so much for the fast responses! If I use the springforms am I making a two layer cake as the tube pan seems much taller than my cake pans.

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Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.

added about 2 years ago

Great catch and yes you want to do a 2-layer cake. Best way is to use 2 springform (or regular cake) pans. If your springform is 3 inches deep, that should be plenty deep if you want to make the cake in just one pan, but it will work better if you use two.

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Rhonda35 added about 2 years ago

Amanda's sister here. I always make this cake in two layers using regular 9" cake pans. As noted, I grease them, line them with parchment, then grease and "flour" (except I don't use flour, I use cocoa powder) the pans. If I remember correctly, the baking time is around 35-40 minutes. I also always use the sour cream-chocolate icing in the recipe, but I sometimes add additional flavors to the layer between the two rounds. I've used Nutella, melted raspberry jam, whipped peanut butter and caramel, then I also layer in some of the frosting. This is my most favorite cake in the whole world.

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