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    Home » Recipes » Cakes

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    Published: May 6, 2020 · by Kim Lange · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    Newest Chocolate obsession and guess what?  It includes red wine!  Are you celebrating this Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake with me? 

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

     This Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake has a wonderful earthy, fruity flavor with the red wine that perfectly complements this velvety smooth dark chocolate cake. 

    The texture is tender, moist and is perfect for all special occasions, especially when entertaining! Paired with creamy cream cheese frosting, this is a chocolate lover's dream with wine included! 

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    Even beginning bakers will be able to slay this recipe with ease.  There's no fuss, unless you're drinking multiple glasses of wine while making a wine cake.  It can go downhill real quick if that happens.  

    However, if I can make 2 recommendations, use a premium quality baking cocoa and a red wine that you wouldn’t mind drinking on it’s own.  Using red wine instead of buttermilk or sour cream brings a deep red hue to the cake.  It's really beautiful.  

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    I was really inspired to make this cake after talking to my son Derek a few weeks ago.  His girlfriend Emily had just made a red wine chocolate cake and he was telling me about how amazing it was.  

    Emily is an excellent baker, btw.  Her family owned a restaurant when she was young, so she learned how to master cook and bake first-hand, so she definitely knows how to throw down!  So, of course, being the chocolate lover that I am, I wanted this recipe!! And with the addition of red wine, it sounded so intriguing and hell yes, I was all about, let's do this!

    So thank you Emily for sharing one of your family's recipes with me!   We all thank you!

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    RED WINE...

    As I noted above, use a red wine that you would normally drink.  I love delicious Pinot Noir and it's usually what I have stocked around the homestead.  Emily used a rich Cabernet Sauvignon.  But you could use a nice Merlot, Zinfandel or Syrah/Shiraz. That said, red wines are often classified by “body-type”. 

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    My 3 Other Go-To Chocolate Cake Recipes

    • Easy Keto Chocolate Cake
    • Super-Moist Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
    • Easy Vegan Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache

    For a nice decorative touch to your cake, add some chocolate curls, truffles or some fresh cut seasonal flowers would be beautiful. It is close to Mother's Day after all and what better way to show mom (and all the adults in the room) some love! 

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    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    Kim Lange
     This Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake has a wonderful earthy, fruity flavor with the red wine that perfectly complements this velvety smooth dark chocolate cake. The texture is tender, moist and is perfect for all special occasions, especially when entertaining! Paired with creamy cream cheese frosting, this is a chocolate lover’s dream with wine included! 
    4.72 from 14 votes
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 Servings
    Calories

    Ingredients
      

    Decadent Red Wine Chocolate Cake

    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder not Dutch process
    • 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
    • 2 cups light brown sugar
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 1 ¼ cups dry red wine

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • 8 oz cream cheese softened
    • 2 tablespoons butter softened
    • 2 cups confectioner's sugar or more if you prefer sweeter icing
    • pinch of salt
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease two 9" round cake pans (works best if you also line the bottom with parchment paper). In a bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
    • In a large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, beat the butter with the sugar at medium-high speed until fluffy, 4 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until incorporated. Add the vanilla and beat for 2 minutes longer. Working in two batches, alternately fold in the dry ingredients and the wine, until just incorporated.
    • Scrape the batter into the prepared pans, and bake for 40-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cakes cool in the pan for at least 2 hours, then turn it out onto a rack; let cool completely.
    • Prepare the frosting by using mixer by beating the cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt together until smooth and creamy. Ice cake - should be just enough to adhere the two layers and ice the entire cake. (See Notes)

    Notes

    Double frosting recipe if you want more frosting. I used a double batch on the cake pictured, but more frosting in middle and top of cake and less on sides, resembling a naked cake.
    Keyword 2 layer, boozy dessert, chocolate, chocolate cake, cream cheese frosting, red wine, wine
    Tried This Recipe?Let us know how it was by commenting below!

    Recipe from Emily Snider 

     

     

     

     

     

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    Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

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    1. Kim Lange says

      May 16, 2020 at 7:25 am

      Thank you so much Valentina!! xo

    2. Valentina says

      May 15, 2020 at 10:05 pm

      I've never made a cake with wine before, and I must! A beautiful celebration cake. 🙂 ~Valentina

    3. Ben | Havocinthekitchen says

      May 13, 2020 at 7:52 am

      How interesting! I've seen some no-bake wine desserts (And I've tried some myself too, like sorbet), but I would not have thought of using it in a cake, and not just in frosting but incorporating into the batter. Needless to say, this cake looks and sounds just fabulous!

    4. Katherine | love in my oven says

      May 11, 2020 at 5:17 pm

      Looks amazing, Kim! And I'll never turn down anything that was made with red wine!! It looks so moist and delicious!

    5. Kim Lange says

      May 08, 2020 at 12:28 pm

      You have to try it! It's awesome!! 😉

    6. Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says

      May 08, 2020 at 12:21 pm

      I got a whole wine fridge full of red wine!! I totally need to make this! Pinning!

    7. Catherine says

      May 07, 2020 at 6:41 pm

      This looks and sounds amazing!! What a wonderful idea to use red wine, I would devour this cake!

    8. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says

      May 06, 2020 at 6:40 pm

      OMG I need a slice of this in front of me right now! It looks perfect!

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