tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279311869237231755.post1498632042119968699..comments2024-02-13T20:28:52.794-05:00Comments on A Cake Bakes in Brooklyn: Grandma's Chocolate CakeSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11692999404326628908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279311869237231755.post-68898385178351011982014-03-22T09:17:32.116-04:002014-03-22T09:17:32.116-04:00Thanks for these great suggestions, and the explan...Thanks for these great suggestions, and the explanation of the hot water, Trish! Using coffee instead of hot water is a great idea. I use buttermilk (sour milk) when I have it on hand, but I always use butter and never shortening. I try to remain true to the recipe as written, but the shortening today has been so reformulated that it quite different from the product used in the original cake.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692999404326628908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279311869237231755.post-67627344421985438852014-03-06T22:48:40.437-05:002014-03-06T22:48:40.437-05:00I love my Chambers and even wrote a blog post abou...I love my Chambers and even wrote a blog post about it here: http://www.acakebakesinbrooklyn.com/2010/02/cadillac-in-my-kitchen.html<br />It has outlasted three modern electric ovens, and has hardly given me a bit of trouble. The people we bought it from were selling precisely because they thought the oven was too small, but since I have a large electric oven in addition, it hasn't been a problem. Thanks for writing!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692999404326628908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279311869237231755.post-52837038058511657532014-02-24T19:38:13.145-05:002014-02-24T19:38:13.145-05:00My mother had the same Chambers stove that I see i...My mother had the same Chambers stove that I see in many of your pictures. It's a gorgeous piece of kitchen equipment and it served Mom well for almost 60 years. When Dad and Mom built our first house, the kitchen had to be designed around the Chambers because of its size. (It's wider than most stoves.) Mom's only complaint was that the oven was too small for big pans, even though the outer dimensions were large.<br />I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4279311869237231755.post-170891277708994572014-01-13T16:48:41.272-05:002014-01-13T16:48:41.272-05:00Hi Susan! Based on other chocolate cakes recipes I...Hi Susan! Based on other chocolate cakes recipes I have seen, the 1/2 cup of hot water is added at the very end and stirred in. It enhances the flavor of the chocolate. Some people, (including myself) use hot coffee instead, as coffee added to a chocolate cake doesn't give it a coffee flavor but rather enhances the chocolate (even better than plain hot water would). Try the recipe with the buttermilk, I find it makes the cake more moist. Loved that you used butter instead of shortening.Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480562844764704800noreply@blogger.com