So when doesn’t chocolate cake taste like chocolate?
When you mix in Blackberry Jam!
This is one combination I would not have come up with, but Nick puts the two flavors together in a delightful little bundt cake and it was quite tasty. The taste of chocolate is actually only a background taste even tho it is a chocolate cake. The blackberry jam (1 cup) is the big flavor in this cake.
I made 1/2 of the batter with the plan to make a 6″ bundt but then decided I could use small ones for bribes gifts and ended up with 1-4″ bundt and 3 smaller ones. Pretty with powdered sugar. Delicious with just a little chocolate whipped cream!!
The recipe is in Malgieri’s the Modern Baker on page 233. But I also found it on Amanda’s Blog and an adapted version with some delightful bundt shapes on my Friend Nancy’s Blog. And, yes Kayte, you cannot taste the chocolate!! LOL
July 16, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I’ll have to make these for hubby, who is a huge fan of blackberries AND chocolate. And I’ll definitely copy the mini idea!
July 16, 2012 at 4:11 PM
This was a great recipe. Glad you enjoyed it, too. Your minis look really nice.
July 17, 2012 at 8:36 PM
I wonder if we could just say leave the chocolate out all together and not risk it tasting like chocolate as I love love love blackberries! Your little cakes look wonderful…I need to get to this one and take a wee taste and see if I can taste the chocolate or not. Research.
July 18, 2012 at 1:16 AM
I thought this was a delicious recipe. Although the chocolate taste is barely detectable, I actually preferred the ones I made without the chocolate.
July 23, 2012 at 8:20 AM
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