I made Beatty's Chocolate Cake, which Ina Garten said is the "most fabulous cake" she's ever made. The chocolate cake and buttercream frosting both feature coffee — the special secret ingredient. Garten's cake is one of the fluffiest I've ever had, homemade or store-bought, and it's so delicious.
I've been cooking my way through Ina Garten's recipes to gain more confidence in the kitchen. And after mastering quite a few of her , I decided it was time to try some . I couldn't believe how fun and easy it was to make , which she once proclaimed was so good "it makes grown men weep.
" Ever since, I've wanted to bake more "Barefoot Contessa" desserts, and I knew the next one had to be Garten's famous chocolate cake recipe. Ina Garten doesn't just love Beatty's Chocolate Cake. She said it's "the most fabulous chocolate cake that I've ever made.
" Garten first discovered while having dinner with her friend Michael Grimm, who runs Bridgehampton Florist in the heart of the Hamptons and frequently appears on "Barefoot Contessa." "He actually served this cake to me once at dinner and I just begged him for the recipe," Garten said on an episode featuring the cake. "I didn't have to beg very hard.
" Beatty was Grimm's grandmother. Monte Mathews, a friend of Grimm's, shared the story behind the famous cake on his blog . "His grandfather had a milk route in Pennsylvania Dutch country and Beatty used to bake this cake to take to the customers on his milk deliveries," Mathews wrote.
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