Best 6 Black Death Cake Recipes

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**Black Death Cake: A Taste of History and Mortality**

In the annals of history, the Black Death stands as a chilling specter, an epoch-defining pandemic that ravaged Europe in the 14th century. Yet, within the depths of this tragic chapter lies a culinary relic that has endured the test of time: the Black Death Cake. This somber confection, also known as the Plague Cake, holds a unique place in culinary heritage, symbolizing both the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity and the fleeting nature of life.

Journey with us as we delve into the origins and significance of this intriguing cake, and uncover the intriguing recipes that capture its essence. From the traditional English Black Death Cake, steeped in history and symbolism, to the contemporary Black Plague Cake, a modern interpretation with a touch of intrigue, each recipe offers a unique perspective on this captivating culinary creation.

Unravel the secrets behind the Plague Cake's distinctive appearance, adorned with macabre symbols of mortality, and discover the culinary artistry that transforms simple ingredients into a hauntingly beautiful masterpiece. As you navigate through the recipes, you'll find detailed instructions, helpful tips, and a treasure trove of historical context, ensuring a truly immersive baking experience.

Whether you're a seasoned baker seeking a new historical challenge or a history buff fascinated by the culinary echoes of the past, the Black Death Cake beckons you to embark on a journey of taste and discovery. Let your senses be captivated by the interplay of spices, the richness of dried fruits, and the haunting allure of this timeless confection.

Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!

BLACK DEATH CAKE



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Make and share this Black Death Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Alia55

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h20m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 lb butter, softened
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder

Steps:

  • Cream butter and sugar.
  • Add eggs and beat well.
  • Add two cups flour and beat well.
  • Mix in yogurt and extract.
  • Combine remaining ingredients and mix well.
  • Butter 10" Bundt pan and dust with extra cocoa powder.
  • Pour batter into pan.
  • Bake at 350ºF about an hour or until cake pulls away from edges of pan.
  • Cool in pan for 20 minutes, remove and finish cooling.

HEALTHY - BLACK DEVILS FOOD CAKE



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Make and share this Healthy - Black Devils Food Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Starfire aka Wendy

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

vegetable oil cooking spray, 20 sprays
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus
flour, for dusting pan
1 3/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon baking soda
2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup fat-free buttermilk or 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup strong coffee

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13x9x2-inch pan with vegetable oil spray. Dust with flour; shake off excess. In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa powder and baking soda. Whisk in applesauce, buttermilk and vegetable oil.
  • In a small saucepan, bring coffee to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir gently into batter.
  • Mixture will be soupy. Pour into pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or let cool completely.
  • Servings: 20.

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE FLOURLESS CAKE



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This recipe is from Bon Appetit. It is truly "Death by Chocolate." It's a rich and moist flourless cake. Next time, I will try adding less corn syrup to the glaze. It makes the glaze cloyingly sweet.

Provided by Reddyrat

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h35m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
6 large eggs, separated
12 tablespoons sugar, divided
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup dark corn syrup
9 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped (or bittersweet)

Steps:

  • For the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper and butter the paper. Wrap outside of pan with foil.
  • Stir chocolate and butter in medium saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Cool to lukewarm, stirring often.
  • Beat egg yolks and 6 tablespoons sugar in large bowl until mixture is thick and pale, about 3 minutes if you use an electric mixer.
  • Fold chocolate mixture and vanilla extract into yolk mixture.
  • Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites in another large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 6 tablespoons sugar, beating until medium-firm peaks form. Fold whites into chocolate mixture in 3 additions. Pour batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake about 50 minutes or until cake top is puffed and cracked and tester inserted into center comes out with some moist crumbs attached, about 50 minutes. Cool cake in pan on rack. Don't worry if the cake falls.
  • Cut around pan sides to loosen cake and then remove pan sides. Invert cake onto a plate. Peel off parchment paper.
  • For the glaze: Bring cream and corn syrup to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth.
  • To finish: Spread 1/2 cup glaze smoothly over top and sides of cake. Freeze until almost set, about 3 minutes.
  • Pour remaining glaze over cake; smooth sides and top. Place cake on platter. Chill until glaze is firm, about 1 hour. Serve at room temperature.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 369.1, Fat 28.8, SaturatedFat 17.2, Cholesterol 149.8, Sodium 66.7, Carbohydrate 30.1, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 16.7, Protein 6.2

SO EASY BLACK MAGIC CAKE



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My family loves this recipe, it's the best chocolate cake ever!

Provided by Janet Terra-Smith

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Chocolate Cake Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 cups white sugar
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour, unsifted
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup strong black coffee
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
  • Combine sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
  • Mix buttermilk, oil, coffee, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Pour over sugar mixture in the large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until batter is smooth and thin, about 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 309.4 calories, Carbohydrate 51.3 g, Cholesterol 31.8 mg, Fat 11 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 4.7 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 479 mg, Sugar 34.5 g

BLACK MAGIC CAKE



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Super spooky dark chocolate cake. Suitable for all your black magic get-togethers.

Provided by Marsha

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Sheet Cake Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup strong brewed coffee
1 cup buttermilk
½ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans or one 9x13 inch pan.
  • In large bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center.
  • Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed. Batter will be thin. Pour into prepared pans.
  • Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and finish cooling on a wire rack. Fill and frost as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 155.1 calories, Carbohydrate 25.7 g, Cholesterol 15.9 mg, Fat 5.5 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 239.6 mg, Sugar 17.3 g

BLACK CAKE



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Although black cake is descended from the British plum pudding, for Caribbean-born New Yorkers and their children, who number more than half a million, it evokes nostalgia for the islands, where the baking was a solemnly observed annual ritual. The cake is baked just before Christmas and eaten at Christmas dinner and afterward, in thin slices, for as long as it lasts. Because of the soaking of the fruit and the use of brown sugar and a bittersweet caramel called browning, black cake is to American fruitcake as dark chocolate is to milk chocolate: darker, deeper and altogether more absorbing.

Provided by Julia Moskin

Categories     cakes, dessert

Time 4h

Yield 3 or 4 cakes, about 4 dozen servings

Number Of Ingredients 19

1 pound prunes
1 pound dark raisins
1/2 pound golden raisins
1 pound currants
1 1/2 pounds dried cherries, or 1 pound dried cherries plus 1/2 pound glacé cherries
1/4 pound mixed candied citrus peel
2 cups dark rum; more for brushing cake
1 1/2 cups cherry brandy or Manischewitz Concord grape wine; more for grinding fruit
1/4 pound blanched almonds
1 cup white or light brown sugar for burning, or 1/4 cup dark molasses or cane syrup; more molasses for coloring batter
4 sticks (1 pound) butter; more for buttering pans
1 pound (about 2 1/2 cups) light or dark brown sugar
10 eggs
Zest of 2 limes
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon Angostura bitters
4 cups (1 pound) all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Steps:

  • At least 2 days before baking, combine prunes, raisins, currants, cherries, candied peel, rum and brandy in a glass jar or sturdy plastic container. Cover tightly; shake or stir occasionally.
  • When ready to bake, put soaked fruit and almonds in a blender or food processor; work in batches that the machine can handle. Grind to a rough paste, leaving some chunks of fruit intact. Add a little brandy or wine if needed to loosen mixture in the machine.
  • If burning sugar, place a deep, heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Add 1 cup white or light brown sugar, and melt, stirring with a wooden spoon. Stir, letting sugar darken. (It will smoke.) When sugar is almost black, stir in 1/4 cup boiling water. (It will splatter.) Turn off heat.
  • Heat oven to 250 degrees. Butter three 9-inch or four 8-inch cake pans; line bottoms with a double layer of parchment or wax paper.
  • In a mixer, cream butter and 1 pound light or dark brown sugar until smooth and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time, then lime zest, vanilla and bitters. Transfer mixture to a very large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Fold dry ingredients into butter mixture. Stir in fruit paste and 1/4 cup burnt sugar or molasses. Batter should be a medium-dark brown; if too light, add a tablespoon or two of burnt sugar or molasses.
  • Divide among prepared pans; cakes will not rise much, so fill pans almost to top. Bake 1 hour, and reduce heat to 225 degrees; bake 2 to 3 hours longer, until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Remove to a rack.
  • While cakes are hot, brush tops with rum and let soak in. Repeat while cakes cool; they will absorb about 4 tablespoons total. When cakes are completely cool, they can be turned out and served. To keep longer, wrap cakes tightly in wax or parchment paper, then in foil. Store in a cool, dry place for up to 1 month.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 353, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 60 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 53 milligrams, Sugar 37 grams, TransFat 0 grams

Tips:

  • Use fresh, high-quality ingredients. This will ensure that your cake has the best possible flavor and texture.
  • Follow the recipe carefully. This will help you avoid any mistakes that could ruin your cake.
  • Measure your ingredients accurately. This is important for ensuring that your cake turns out properly.
  • Be patient. Baking is a process that takes time. Don't rush it, or you may end up with a cake that is undercooked or overcooked.
  • Have fun! Baking should be enjoyable. So relax, put on some music, and enjoy the process.

Conclusion:

The Black Death Cake is a delicious and unique dessert that is perfect for any occasion. It is a moist and flavorful cake with a rich chocolate flavor. The cake is also very easy to make, so it is perfect for bakers of all skill levels. If you are looking for a new and exciting cake recipe, I highly recommend trying the Black Death Cake.

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