Unexpected Chocolate Cakes

What's on the Menu:

• Chocolate Olive Oil Cake and Chocolate

• Prune and Rum Cake

Unexpected ingredients and unexpected techniques. The two cakes in this class have both. In one cake, we add olive oil and lemon juice to create a cake that is rich but balanced and has great lift.

In the other we use prunes, molasses, rum and no flour for an insanely rich cake fit for celebrations. We also keep an open-mind about techniques in these cakes, and thank goodness we do!

The proof is in the pudding, so to speak. By throwing old habits out the window to make room for new ones, we’re now able to make better cakes than ever of all kinds.

Join Milk Street’s Rosemary Gill and April Dodd to learn how to make Chocolate Olive Oil Cake and Chocolate, Prune and Rum Cake, techniques for better baking, and why unexpected ingredients are the best kind.