Waldorf Astoria Chocolate Cake Recipes

WALDORF-ASTORIA CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• sift dry ingredients together into a large mixing bowl.
• Add moist ingredients and mix until well blended.
• Pour into a well-greased loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
• if you double, bake in well-greased bundt pan for 90 minutes. Allow to cool in pan before turning out or top will separate from the cake.
• Dust with powdered sugar bfore serving.

CLASSIC WALDORF RED CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with rounds of waxed paper or parchment; grease paper. Flour pans.
• In large bowl, mix 2 1/4 cups flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking soda with electric mixer on low speed. Add all remaining cake ingredients. Mix on low speed. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes or until creamy.
• Divide batter evenly between pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Run knife around edges to loosen. Remove to cooling racks and cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In small saucepan, whisk 1/3 cup flour into almondmilk until smooth. Cook and whisk over medium-low heat until thick and bubbly. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
• In large bowl, beat buttery sticks and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add small spoonfuls of the flour mixture and beat until blended. Scrape sides; add vanilla. Beat on high speed until thick and creamy.
• Place 1 cake layer on cake plate, rounded side down. Spread frosting over cake. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost top and sides of cake. Store covered in refrigerator.

WALDORF ASTORIA RED CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together the shortening, sugar, and eggs.
• Make a paste with food coloring and cocoa. Add to shortening mixture.
• Add salt and buttermilk to mixture.
• Next add flour, vanilla, vinegar, and baking soda in that order. Mix.
• Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) in two 8 inch round greased and floured cake pans. Let cool.
• To Make Frosting: Cook 5 tablespoons flour and 1 cup milk until thick, and then cool.
• Cream together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 cup butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon vanilla 'til fluffy. Add to flour mixture.
• Cut layers of cake in half lengthwise. Spread frosting on each half layer. Stack and frost over all.

WALDORF-ASTORIA RED VELVET CAKE (1920S RECIPE)

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• Butter three 9" round cake pans and line them with parchment paper or waxed paper.
• Melt Chocolate in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of boiling water or in the top of a double boiler (or melt in microwave for 20 - 25 seconds).
• Meanwhile. place the sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed for two minutes.
• In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and continue to mix on low speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula so everything is well incorporated.
• Add the melted chocolate to this mixture and continue to mix on low speed. Add the pureed beets and food coloring.
• Continue to mix on low speed until everything is thoroughly combined.
• Evenly divide the batter between the three prepared pans and tap down to remove air bubbles.
• Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 - 25 minutes or until center of cake springs back when touched, or when an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove the pans from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool for ten minutes in the pans, then turn the layers out onto the rack and let cool completely.
• Icing: Pour cream into a small bowl and whip to soft peaks. Set aside in the refrigerator.
• Place the cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed until it is soft and smooth.
• Add the mascarpone and continue to mix on low speed until the cheeses are well combined.
• Add the vanilla and powdered sugar and mix until everything is just combined.
• Turn off the mixer and fold in the whipped cream by hand with a spatula.
• Keep refrigerated until ready to assemble.
• Chef's note: Sliced canned beets are easier to work with in this recipe than whole beets.
• Original Poster's note - This cake works well as a wedding cake but use a cream cheese/buttercream as the icing noted here will not harden.

WALDORF-ASTORIA CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 375F in a bowl, sift dry ingredients together. beat in miracle whip, then water and vanilla. pour into cake pan, bake until springy...about 50 minutes. frost when cool with chocalate frosting or ganache