Comments on: Chocolate Stout Layer Cake http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/10/30/chocolate-stout-layer-cake/ A visual guide to food and cooking. Tasty, fresh content. Every day. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:38:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Culinary Niche http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/10/30/chocolate-stout-layer-cake/#comment-15487 Culinary Niche Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:05:59 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=12450#comment-15487 First of all, I want to tell you , I was searching on the web for kitchen gadgets when I saw the title for the best five gadgets for Thanksgiving. Then I looked closer and saw your URL. I had to visit. You see my website is centered around a character as well. His name is Topo. Topo in italian means "mouse". Topo was granted the opportunity to share my life (niche) with the world wide web. So, you can see why I just had to come and visit. And I was not disappointed. I have a lot of territory still to cover on your site, but I especially like this recipe for the stout cake. I have a recipe for one myself, but I haven't tried it yet. Yours looks like it might be a little easier. I definitely will try it. In the meantime I will be back to explore some more. I was also wondering if you minded if I put a link to this stout cake on my site. I think my readers of my culinary category would love to try the recipe as well. You can let me know by email. I'll watch for it. Thank you for sharing your talents and gifts. While my site can't compare to yours, please feel free to come and visit and leave a comment or two. First of all, I want to tell you , I was searching on the web for kitchen gadgets when I saw the title for the best five gadgets for Thanksgiving. Then I looked closer and saw your URL. I had to visit. You see my website is centered around a character as well. His name is Topo. Topo in italian means “mouse”. Topo was granted the opportunity to share my life (niche) with the world wide web. So, you can see why I just had to come and visit. And I was not disappointed. I have a lot of territory still to cover on your site, but I especially like this recipe for the stout cake. I have a recipe for one myself, but I haven’t tried it yet. Yours looks like it might be a little easier. I definitely will try it. In the meantime I will be back to explore some more. I was also wondering if you minded if I put a link to this stout cake on my site. I think my readers of my culinary category would love to try the recipe as well. You can let me know by email. I’ll watch for it. Thank you for sharing your talents and gifts. While my site can’t compare to yours, please feel free to come and visit and leave a comment or two.

]]> By: Judy http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/10/30/chocolate-stout-layer-cake/#comment-15325 Judy Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:14:42 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=12450#comment-15325 I made this today. I have a string cutter but it did not work. My cakes did not dome but infact sunk a little bit in the middle. I used all fresh products. When I cut the first cake it completely crumbled to pieces. The second one did just fine. Maybe the first one was not cool enough. I put it together anyway. Made a second batch of the filling as I had to use a lot to cover up the back section. I made the glaze and it looked just fine but seemed to not be thick enough. I will see how it is after I take it out of the refrig. Had a lot of chocolate puddle around the base of the cake. Looks kind of funny but we will see how it is tonight. Will let you know. Thank you for your wonderful instructions. I made this today. I have a string cutter but it did not work. My cakes did not dome but infact sunk a little bit in the middle. I used all fresh products. When I cut the first cake it completely crumbled to pieces. The second one did just fine. Maybe the first one was not cool enough. I put it together anyway. Made a second batch of the filling as I had to use a lot to cover up the back section. I made the glaze and it looked just fine but seemed to not be thick enough. I will see how it is after I take it out of the refrig. Had a lot of chocolate puddle around the base of the cake. Looks kind of funny but we will see how it is tonight. Will let you know. Thank you for your wonderful instructions.

]]> By: Tom http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/10/30/chocolate-stout-layer-cake/#comment-14751 Tom Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:36:29 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=12450#comment-14751 I just made this cake for a dinner with some friends -- Chef Keller is AMAZING. I've made a bunch of his recipes and haven't had a dud from any of them. This thing went together perfectly -- The only problem I had was that the cakes didn't dome or stay flat on top; they dished a little bit. No worries -- I simply followed the advice from Keller on his TV show when he made this cake, and used a knife to slice off the high parts and make a nice flat top. (The trimmings were delicious, BTW -- a bonus for the cook!) The assembly was a snap -- the cakes when sliced this thin are kind of fragile, so after slicing I slid a thin, perforated pizza pan between the two halves, jiggling it a bit as I went to help it slide through without damaging the cake. When 80% through, I lifted the cake on the pan and placed it on the stack. Got a perfect stack, no layer damage at all. This cake is also good because it isn't too sweet like some cakes. I just made this cake for a dinner with some friends — Chef Keller is AMAZING. I’ve made a bunch of his recipes and haven’t had a dud from any of them. This thing went together perfectly — The only problem I had was that the cakes didn’t dome or stay flat on top; they dished a little bit. No worries — I simply followed the advice from Keller on his TV show when he made this cake, and used a knife to slice off the high parts and make a nice flat top. (The trimmings were delicious, BTW — a bonus for the cook!)

The assembly was a snap — the cakes when sliced this thin are kind of fragile, so after slicing I slid a thin, perforated pizza pan between the two halves, jiggling it a bit as I went to help it slide through without damaging the cake. When 80% through, I lifted the cake on the pan and placed it on the stack. Got a perfect stack, no layer damage at all.

This cake is also good because it isn’t too sweet like some cakes.

]]> By: Novitiate Bake http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/10/30/chocolate-stout-layer-cake/#comment-14441 Novitiate Bake Sat, 21 May 2011 15:53:02 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=12450#comment-14441 If I'm using unsweetened cocoa to make the glaze (no chips in the house), how much sugar do I need to add? If I’m using unsweetened cocoa to make the glaze (no chips in the house), how much sugar do I need to add?

]]> By: Misty http://www.thehungrymouse.com/2009/10/30/chocolate-stout-layer-cake/#comment-11432 Misty Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:34:58 +0000 http://www.thehungrymouse.com/?p=12450#comment-11432 Wow....THANK YOU for sharing this. Definitely my new favorite chocolate cake!! So yummy. Can't wait to make it again :) Wow….THANK YOU for sharing this. Definitely my new favorite chocolate cake!! So yummy. Can’t wait to make it again :)

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