Comments on: Black and White Cake: The Most Delicious Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 15:46:42 +0000

In reply to Pri2686. If you cut the slices thin, you can get about 24 slices in an 8-inch round cake. Otherwise, if you wanted bigger pieces, I'd say a 10-inch

By: Pri2686

Pri2686 — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:37:53 +0000

Hi Courtney, what should be the size of the cake/layers if I were to make this for 24 people?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 12:37:14 +0000

In reply to Morgan Littlewood. You can, but it won't taste quite as moist and rich because hershey's doesn't have as much fat or flavor.

By: Morgan Littlewood

Morgan Littlewood — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:22:22 +0000

Hi Courtney,

Can I substitute the Cacao Barry Extra Brute Cocoa Powder for Hershey’s Cocoa powder?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:41:03 +0000

In reply to Em. Yes, I think you'll need to plan on a few extra minutes since it's silicone instead of metal.

By: Em

Em — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:13:08 +0000

Hi Courtney! I wanted to try this recipe for my cousins gender reveal cake—do you think I need to adjust the cook time/temperature if I use a silicone mold?

By: Kimberly Blake

Kimberly Blake — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:04:19 +0000

In reply to Courtney Rich.

The edges were a little crumbly, but we were only using 3 of the layers so we tried the extra layer last night and everyone loved it. I’m not sure what all the crumbs were about, but hopefully it will be awesome for the party!!!! Thank you so much!!

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:16:25 +0000

In reply to Kimberly Blake. Hi! This cake is super moist and can be fragile, but shouldn't be crumbly (like, dry crumbly). Any chance it got over cooked?

By: Kimberly Blake

Kimberly Blake — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:33:33 +0000

Hi Courtney, I am making your black and white cake for my grand-daughter’s 2nd birthday. It’s a “smash” cake, but I want it to taste good too;) my issue is, the cakes just came out and they seem very crumbly, more than any other cakes I’ve done. I use Fat Daddios pans. They seemed to also sink in the middle, just a touch. Any advice, or do you know what I did wrong?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:26:51 +0000

In reply to Julie Mizuhara. It's my pleasure. I'm so glad you've enjoyed them! If you double this recipe, you'll have the perfect amount for a 3-layer 10-inch round cake.

By: Julie Mizuhara

Julie Mizuhara — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 19:24:42 +0000

Hi Courtney. First, I want to thank you for sharing your wonderful cake recipes, they are absolutely amazing. I have a question. For her 18th birthday, my granddaughter requested a chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream I saw this recipe, and feel it would be perfect. My concern is I want to use a 10in pan for the cake. Any advice on how to use this recipe for that pan size? Thank you. Julie.

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:42:29 +0000

In reply to Kristen.

I can’t find that exact one, but here’s a similar one: https://www.amazon.com/Cupcake-Display-Kitchen-Weddings-Birthdays/dp/B0B5RY7984/ref=asc_df_B0B5RY7984?mcid=26f588c0dde73d50b014fe9cd112ee5c&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693308318785&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2156492876746600219&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9029671&hvtargid=pla-1917057428042&psc=1

By: Kristen

Kristen — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 06:03:06 +0000

Hi Courtney, where did you get this cake stand? Hopefully it’s still available to purchase but if not, where do you typically buy your cake stands? Thank you so much! Making this cake for my 4 year old’s birthday and cannot wait to try it. 🙂

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:19:19 +0000

In reply to Arshi. In an airtight container in the refrigerator for about a week, or the freezer for longer. Allow to get back to room temp and then rebeat it before using.

By: Arshi

Arshi — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 07:22:54 +0000

How can i store the buttercream ?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:35:19 +0000

In reply to Julie. Sure!

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 17:00:13 +0000

Could you substitute black cocoa powder?

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:46:08 +0000

Delicious! I used Courtney’s chocolate buttercream recipe for in the middle of the layers and the outside with the vanilla buttercream. This vanilla buttercream is literally the best. The cake came out so good, and I did the same design shown but with rose gold sprinkles. I used a 4 ounce bottle completely, but could’ve used a little bit more just to get full coverage on the top of the cake. Cutting out the parchment, placing it on the cake, and sticking the sprinkles on the sides was pretty time consuming, but overall worth it.

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 18:19:29 +0000

In reply to kerry stovall. The parchment goes on the buttercream where you don't want sprinkles. Then you add sprinkles to the open areas.

By: kerry stovall

kerry stovall — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:44:18 +0000

I am completely lost! I have read and watched, but I don’t see anywhere that tells me how to get the sprinkles to stick to the parchment!

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 22:43:09 +0000

In reply to Sarah Bullock. Yes!

By: Sarah Bullock

Sarah Bullock — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:29:20 +0000

I love this cake, and I have made it multiple times! I am, curious- have you ever tried making cupcakes with this recipe?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Thu, 05 May 2022 15:25:48 +0000

In reply to Aisha. Keep the cake layers in the freezer until about 20- 25 minutes before you are ready to assemble the cake!

By: Aisha

Aisha — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:36:53 +0000

In reply to Courtney Rich.

Thank you for replying to my earlier question about the pan size!
I’m baking this for my daughter’s 21st b-day so want it to be perfect 🙂
If I make and freeze the cake two days before, is it a good idea to leave it out for a couple of hours before frosting it the night before the event and leave in the refrigerator until ready to use?
Thank you so much for your reply!