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Has anyone noticed most chocolate cakes from store bakeries do not taste like chocolate at all, they are just brown. Even the frosting doesn't taste like chocolate. Chocolate is one of my favorite things and these cakes are sweet, but they taste nothing like chocolate.
I think I will have to start making my own chocolate desserts. The stores seem to still do a good job with lemon flavored desserts. They just don't do chocolate well anymore.
I've always made my own cakes. It's only very recently, i.e., the 21st century, that bakeries have begun to make cakes I like as much as the ones I make. I haven't made a chocolate cake in a long time, but the one I used most often was the one on the can of Hershey's Cocoa. I believe this is it. I've heard the quality of Hershey's chocolate has gone down—I don't know about the cocoa—but I've taken to using Guittard brand chocolate products over the last few years.
Maida Heatter also has some good chocolate cake recipes, including a chocolate buttermilk layer cake, and her Queen Mother's Cake is something I could never grow tired of. And there's another flourless chocolate torte recipe I've used dozens of times from Michael's of Santa Monica.
I haven't tasted one in 5 or so years, but this 4 layer 7-pounder from Costco bakery has left half-eaten pieces in many peoples plates due to it's richness:
Cakes are quite easy to mix and bake. And, tastier, too! "Cake mixes" always are "spongy" and somewhat flavorless. Look online or get a cookbook. So easy to DIY!
Has anyone noticed most chocolate cakes from store bakeries do not taste like chocolate at all, they are just brown. Even the frosting doesn't taste like chocolate. Chocolate is one of my favorite things and these cakes are sweet, but they taste nothing like chocolate.
I think I will have to start making my own chocolate desserts. The stores seem to still do a good job with lemon flavored desserts. They just don't do chocolate well anymore.
Are the brown cakes everywhere?
I agree. I have however found a wonderful fudgy triple chocolate cake at Sam's club.....It is very tasty.
Sometimes the issue with bakery cakes is that they're refrigerated and then you eat the slice cold. Chocolate cake has more flavor at room temperature than it does straight from the fridge.
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