How to Make Rich, Chocolatey Wellesley Fudge Cake

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  • Опубліковано 16 лис 2019
  • Hosts Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster revive a traditional recipe for Wellesley Fudge Cake.
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  • @vickyhubbard4570
    @vickyhubbard4570 Рік тому +6

    I love watching the America Testing Kitchen and Cook's Country, and the cast. I have learned a lot and have shared what I've learned with family and friends.
    I am looking forward to learning more recipes and what better cooking gadgets to use to make cooking more enjoyable.

  • @thelasonj
    @thelasonj Рік тому +4

    😊 Took a piece of the cake to my coworker. She texted me: I just ate the cake. I can't believe how good it is. I saved a tiny piece for tomorrow. It's so very good!!!!

  • @quakerwildcat
    @quakerwildcat Рік тому +5

    My family agreed this is the best chocolate cake I ever made. Thank you for the details on watching the temperature of the fudge, because it took a bit longer for mine to reach 235°, and took a LOT longer (hours) for it to cool down to 80°.
    I know it's not traditional but I made it in 9" rounds for a traditional birthday cake shape (they needed another 5 min in the oven for a toothpick to come out clean). I followed advice I read elsewhere to let the cakes fully cool and refrigerate them before frosting, and also to make everything a day in advance because it gets better with age. I don't know if that's true, but it's what I did and it was easy to handle and tasted amazing!

    • @quakerwildcat
      @quakerwildcat Рік тому

      I've rewritten out the recipe to make all those temperature and cooling guidelines really explicit.

  • @thelasonj
    @thelasonj Рік тому +4

    Made today. I messed up the first cake. So I started over. One of my layers needed more time to cook. The frosting is time consuming but oh so worth it! This cake is amazing! Thank you for posting this video! I watched it several times!

  • @douglasrdeaton
    @douglasrdeaton 4 роки тому +10

    I've been waiting all my life for that frosting.🤪😁

  • @kevincolwell2115
    @kevincolwell2115 4 роки тому +8

    Cocoa is even better when you bloom it in hot coffee 😋

  • @sanbalestrini
    @sanbalestrini 4 роки тому +37

    Mmmm... Chicken, pasta, and chocolate... My three favorite things

    • @jerryroy5121
      @jerryroy5121 3 роки тому

      I guess I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good site to watch new series online ?

    • @orlandomordechai7012
      @orlandomordechai7012 3 роки тому

      @Jerry Roy Try Flixzone. Just search on google for it =)

    • @guillermomaison3457
      @guillermomaison3457 3 роки тому

      @Jerry Roy try flixzone. You can find it on google =)

  • @ryanfleming55
    @ryanfleming55 4 роки тому +6

    I cannot even stand how good this looks. Drooooool.

  • @AmanoJack
    @AmanoJack 4 роки тому +14

    Creamy, rich, chocolatey chicken pasta. Yum!

  • @amirullah1992
    @amirullah1992 4 роки тому +74

    I'm here for the comments people complaining about the thumbnail

    • @custos3249
      @custos3249 4 роки тому +7

      Cool. I'm here for the people whining about the people whining about the thumbnail who will whine about my whining.

    • @borisc6714
      @borisc6714 4 роки тому +1

      @@custos3249 Not whining, but the full episode is also available, chicken soup included...

    • @kimberlygoodwin8500
      @kimberlygoodwin8500 4 роки тому

      I was like What?! Lol!

    • @janedoe805
      @janedoe805 4 роки тому +2

      guybrush treepwood
      There was a fingernail in their cake? That’s disgusting I watch the video three times and I didn’t notice. 😱

  • @MidwestGirl
    @MidwestGirl 4 роки тому +4

    Oh my, that looks pretty darn fantastic!

  • @delacruz8090
    @delacruz8090 Рік тому +1

    My sister-in-law and I tried this recipe for my brother-in-law’s birthday. The cake was awesome. We did have trouble making the fudge frosting. We refrigerated the fudge, but it softened quickly at room temp. We frosted the cake anyway and refrigerated the cake again to set the frosting until we took it out for the birthday reveal. Altogether, the cake was full of chocolate flavor, not dry, and had a lovely crumb. The frosting was decadent and complimented the cake perfectly.

  • @MrRatherino
    @MrRatherino Рік тому +1

    they are so much fun! I be makin; this for Thanksgiving..winner!

  • @michellehawco8981
    @michellehawco8981 2 роки тому +6

    I realize it's not part of the traditional recipe but I'd add coffee to the cocoa instead of water....the cake looks amazing!

  • @kiltymacbagpipe
    @kiltymacbagpipe 4 роки тому +4

    I made the cooks illustrated emergency chocolate cake this morning. Very simple since it uses mayonnaise in lieu of butter and eggs. Turns out great every time.

  • @rebeccaschadt7136
    @rebeccaschadt7136 4 роки тому +1

    Wow this looks amazing!!!

  • @TROUBLES1037
    @TROUBLES1037 Рік тому +1

    Love the recipe and can't wait to give it a try!

  • @darla3021
    @darla3021 4 роки тому +2

    This recipe is great! For anyone complaining about the thumbnail.....
    Go to their channel, look under videos, scroll down a week ago (Nov 4th) and you will find the chicken and pastry recipe....
    If that's too much trouble, you probably don't really want the recipe 🤔

  • @isabelt.rodriguez3843
    @isabelt.rodriguez3843 4 роки тому +1

    I got to do this one for
    Christmas 🎄 thanks ladies 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @iartistdotme
    @iartistdotme 4 роки тому

    This choc cake looks amazing and I WILL make it soon.

  • @hollym5873
    @hollym5873 4 роки тому

    Love these videos, thanks

  • @semco72057
    @semco72057 4 роки тому +1

    I know the rest of the workers there was glad to get a piece of that cake and loved it like I would. I am not a baker and loved to eat the food cooked at the base I was assigned to before retiring and getting to taste test both the regular food dishes and the desserts as well. I was always full and so was one boat shop owner's security dog who was my constant companion when I wasn't at work because I always brought him some of the food home from the kitchen which was my part time job.

  • @natpop4910
    @natpop4910 4 роки тому +3

    Omg !! I have to make this cake immediately

    • @blueeyedbehr
      @blueeyedbehr 3 роки тому +1

      i made it a few days ago. i promise it's worth the effort.

  • @amandac7270
    @amandac7270 4 роки тому +1

    Thanksgiving chocolate cake right here. Thanks ladies!

  • @user-gv3ie7eb6e
    @user-gv3ie7eb6e 6 місяців тому

    Very nice vake i love it i try to mske thank u maam for the recipe GOD BLESS

  • @lenovovo
    @lenovovo 3 роки тому +1

    That cake looks good, and I know it taste even better!! :-) yum... yum.... Thanks America's Test Kitchen for the yummy video

  • @michaeljdauben
    @michaeljdauben 4 роки тому +1

    I'm not much of a cake baker but I think I have to try this!

  • @ushaparthasarathy9062
    @ushaparthasarathy9062 Рік тому

    Excellent demo. I love all your recipes. Your veg. Chilli recipe on PBS is my family and friends favorite dish.

  • @garryr
    @garryr 4 роки тому +6

    I feel like I just watched this....but watched it again because fudge

  • @michaeld387
    @michaeld387 4 роки тому +21

    But how do I make chicken and pastry?

  • @VanessaVicente837
    @VanessaVicente837 4 роки тому

    You foxy ladies always making good stuff..I'm making it for Thanksgiving

  • @soniaakinrinade6960
    @soniaakinrinade6960 4 роки тому

    Yum! Will definitely be doing this for Christmas 😋

  • @Janetsfaithtable
    @Janetsfaithtable Рік тому

    I’m going to make this

  • @jmarcos1008
    @jmarcos1008 Рік тому

    I have to try this, even tho I'm not huge on chocolate. Thank you 😊

  • @user-yi3so3ox1e
    @user-yi3so3ox1e 2 роки тому

    Used 100% LINDT cocoa bars, melted in microwave. Darker color, still tasted GOOOOOOD . This cake tastes like what you would expect a choc cake to taste like. Have plenty of milk on hand. 😋💕😊

  • @4ray2lira0
    @4ray2lira0 4 роки тому +12

    Yo, Cook's Country! I think y'all got the thumbnail wrong 😔
    P.s. How does one apply to join the America's Test Kitchen/ Cook's Country's team in any capacity?

  • @beatriceeddy7337
    @beatriceeddy7337 2 роки тому

    Yummy 😋

  • @NealBrenard
    @NealBrenard 2 роки тому +1

    Made it last night. Gotta load on all the frosting, but it is as good as it looks.

  • @dudejayfood
    @dudejayfood 3 роки тому +2

    If you sub out the water for the cocoa powder with coffee or cold brew, you could have an even stellar cake.

  • @veronicalockett4486
    @veronicalockett4486 3 роки тому +4

    All the Wellesley Fudge Cake is missing is a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream

  • @NaturalFlirtGamer
    @NaturalFlirtGamer 4 роки тому +1

    You just had the Wellesley Fudge (and chicken & pastry) full video episode a week ago. This is an awesome cake tho, worthy of a separate weekly repeat I guess.

  • @Mspollyanna
    @Mspollyanna Рік тому +1

    So I made this recipe, It is so rich in chocolate! But so delicious! If you are diabetic do not eat this cake!

  • @CouragePope
    @CouragePope 4 роки тому +11

    Your thumbnail is WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!

    • @seikibrian8641
      @seikibrian8641 4 роки тому +2

      The thumbnail is taken from the Cooks Country episode that this video is a clip from. Surprisingly, the whole episode was posted just two weeks ago: ua-cam.com/video/SuW8eu2VUP0/v-deo.html

  • @MidwestGirl
    @MidwestGirl 4 роки тому

    Wait - is this a new cooking/baking space? I don't recall seeing it before! It's lovely!

  • @givenscommunications6307
    @givenscommunications6307 Рік тому +1

    Do you really need all that sugar, 2 CUPS? The icing is that Cardiac Icing (so sweet it might give you are heart attack or stroke)! There was a time when I could eat this but now, I have to go out and exercise something crazy to burn all that excess sugar and fat up.
    Have to slow down on these rich rich rich rich desserts. But it still looks yummy.

    • @tsci1739
      @tsci1739 7 місяців тому

      Don’t make it.

  • @seriouslyreally5413
    @seriouslyreally5413 4 роки тому +1

    I was looking for a chicken recipe... but who can complain about chocolate cake?

  • @semsemmoi9534
    @semsemmoi9534 3 роки тому

    Can i you wiht suger in the frosting!?

  • @jerrygundecker743
    @jerrygundecker743 3 роки тому +1

    Someday I hope you will teach me how to make
    a Hershey Bar. Or, oooohh--ooooohh, how about M & Ms?

  • @AnnieBoBannie421
    @AnnieBoBannie421 4 роки тому +4

    Wait .....didn't this video happen already?

    • @seikibrian8641
      @seikibrian8641 4 роки тому

      Yep. This is a clip from a complete episode that they posted just two weeks ago: ua-cam.com/video/SuW8eu2VUP0/v-deo.html

  • @MsKLMadison
    @MsKLMadison 4 роки тому +1

    Could you use coffee instead of hot water to bloom the cocoa powder??

  • @davidjones535
    @davidjones535 4 роки тому

    you just showed this this past week

  • @alexisdix6704
    @alexisdix6704 4 роки тому

    I have a question. I'm going to be moving into an apartment in the future and most apartments have small kitchens. Should I get the KitchenAid mini stand mixer or the KitchenAid hand mixer?

    • @AshleySaville
      @AshleySaville 4 роки тому +1

      You can always invest in the kitchen aid mini stand mixer. Just an idea.

  • @4eva37
    @4eva37 2 роки тому

    How does one store it? In the fridge?

  • @hmaragon9305
    @hmaragon9305 3 роки тому

    How will this recipe work at 6,500 ft above sea lever?

  • @mariaconsuelothomen
    @mariaconsuelothomen 2 роки тому

    I have two square pans but they're larger than 8". Can I still use them?

  • @bwilliams3040
    @bwilliams3040 4 роки тому +1

    When blooming the cocoa , could you use hot coffee to enhance the cocoa flavour as in other recipes, or would that change the flavour of the cake too much?

    • @evilganome
      @evilganome 4 роки тому +2

      The old fashioned cake recipe my mother gave me (she's 94) uses cocoa bloomed in coffee. You don't taste the coffee but you get an even deeper chocolate flavor.

    • @bwilliams3040
      @bwilliams3040 4 роки тому

      Thanks for responding. In most of my chocolate cakes, I use coffee to bloom the cocoa. Cheers!

  • @proffy8778
    @proffy8778 4 роки тому

    I want to make it just to have the frosting

  • @adamcravets5408
    @adamcravets5408 4 роки тому

    Have you ever put both eggs in at the same time? Does mixing them in one at a time really make a difference?

    • @nwsports8043
      @nwsports8043 4 роки тому

      Adam Cravets yes it does make a difference, as both eggs at the same time can result in clumpy separation of egg and butter rather than an emulsion. And that does affect end product texture and look

  • @Carolina-nn6ye
    @Carolina-nn6ye 2 роки тому +1

    Cake-2 CUPS of sugar
    Frosting-1 and a half CUPS light brown sugar, 3 CUPS confectioners sugar.
    =6 AND A HALF CUPS OF SUGAR IN THAT 8 INCH SQUARE 2 LAYER CAKE. I'm sure it's good, just too much sugar to even make a test cake. I will just do a cold run of it before grandkids come over. 😁

  • @jenlynnp2558
    @jenlynnp2558 4 роки тому

    I wonder if this cake tastes like Wegman's Ultimate Chocolate cake, if so I am in trouble .

  • @baron1c
    @baron1c 4 роки тому +1

    Thumbnail is messed up

  • @OurEpicStory
    @OurEpicStory 4 роки тому

    Idk but some how i ended up with some sort of pastry chicken.

  • @curefreaky
    @curefreaky 4 роки тому +1

    #OopsieDoodle

  • @leouua
    @leouua 4 роки тому

    What in the world are those chefs doing in the back ?! 😂

    • @blueeyedbehr
      @blueeyedbehr 3 роки тому

      they're testing other recipes for the upcoming magazine issues.

  • @user-bl9ko4bz2x
    @user-bl9ko4bz2x 4 роки тому

    Could the ingredients be listed?

    • @DarianHarder
      @DarianHarder 4 роки тому +1

      A link to the full recipe is in the description above faxiang sun

    • @user-bl9ko4bz2x
      @user-bl9ko4bz2x 4 роки тому

      @@DarianHarder thanks 👍

  • @winkieman666
    @winkieman666 4 роки тому +1

    Here for the chicken pasta. .. 😐

  • @hollygay3339
    @hollygay3339 4 роки тому

    I can never find bitter sweet chocolate. Is that semi sweet or unsweetened? Thanks!

    • @itburns5756
      @itburns5756 4 роки тому

      Bittersweet chocolate tends to have a little less sugar than semi-sweet, but they're very very close, so you can generally substitute one for the other.

    • @hollygay3339
      @hollygay3339 4 роки тому

      It Burns thank you

  • @briesullivan883
    @briesullivan883 4 роки тому

    What does ‘blooming the cocoa’ mean?

    • @nwsports8043
      @nwsports8043 4 роки тому

      Brie Sullivan to bloom cocoa it means you add the dried cocoa powder to a hot liquid such as water or coffee. What it does is give extra time to dissolve the solids and allow the chocolate flavor to come out of the dry powder even more, unlike mixing into your dry ingredients then quickly mixing 8nto wet and immediately baking.

    • @blueeyedbehr
      @blueeyedbehr 3 роки тому

      @@nwsports8043 more than that, the hot water/coffee makes the cocoa molecules explode, and that is what contributes the more intense flavor.

  • @GingersnapLizz
    @GingersnapLizz Рік тому

    You cannot get the recipe by clicking on the link they give you, unless you pay for a subscription. I think it is bullshit that we're told "hey you want the written recipe, go to our link" , and when we go to the link, we're told we have to pay for it. The

  • @75triviaguy
    @75triviaguy 4 роки тому

    Thumbnail???

  • @bha6691
    @bha6691 4 роки тому

    I love these girls cooking , but this Wellesley fudge cake ,
    to fudgy and could still taste bitter sweet choc and after 3 cups confectioner sugar,
    to much butter also made my hubby stomach
    you better like fudge a lot for this cake

  • @roxaneluna4164
    @roxaneluna4164 2 роки тому

    Crazy that you have to give a CC number in order to view the recipe. Idiotic

  • @user-xl3id1uq4n
    @user-xl3id1uq4n 5 місяців тому

    Didn't Lady B go to a high school that was located right near, across the street, from a diner that made & served this luscious confection? Or was that part of the conversation regarding another recipe?