Julia Child's chocolate and almond cake with chocolate-butter icing

[xFizzleSticks]

:DDDDDDDD I LOVE ALMONDS

[eliasbb]

Very refreshing to watch. I actually love your no talk approach. I'm the type that watches food videos for the interest factor, not to actually make the recipes, so this really worked for me.

[MrAce20010]

were you supposed to stir in the egg whites or fold them in cause you just stirred them in.

[TheTracieLee]

@MrAce20010 Yeah, I was trying to fold them in.

[PinkMangoes5]

@TheTracieLee your deflating the egg whites you must gently fold them in

[Gardeninggirl1107]

I give you alot of credit for trying out this recipe. Your cake looks amazing. Truly homemade and worth the time given.

[cookwithadam]

this cake is so beautiful ~adam

[TheTracieLee]

@cookwithadam Thank you!

[bear46no]

Childs receieps are demanding. thats why i dont use them so often. Too much ingridients and other stuff that goes into it

[Rooprani12]

I would have appreciated it if u told us what u were exactly doing !!

[TheTracieLee]

@Rooprani12 The recipe is in the info. There's no way I can narrate while filming and bake at the same time. :)

[DaBunnyMasta]

I have no interest in cooking whatsoever but i couldn't help myself but to look at this vid cuz the cake looked so good! And i also LOVE magic bullet. Those infomercials make it seems so amazing! O:

[rebirthovan]

whats the name of the cake in the cookbook!? i caan't find it :(

[TheTracieLee]

@rebirthovan It's Chocolate and Almond Cake under the Five French Cakes section.

[GerardWayRocksMySoks]

the reason why it did not rise as much as you would of liked is because the egg whites were not whisked as much as you should of. they should of been stiff before you added the sugar. also, when you added the egg whites you were beating it too hard and you beat all the air out. just fold them in slowly! hope this helped and maybe it will work next time!!

[TheTracieLee]

@GerardWayRocksMySoks Thanks for the tips! I only made this cake this one time. I need to try again soon. I appreciate your feedback!

[Moonlightrealgirl]

Ooh! You have that magic bullet pulverising thingy! :3 when I was 8 that was all I wanted, but I still haven't got one. T.T i'm fifteen now...

[TheTracieLee]

@Moonlightrealgirl Yup! I love it! I go in spurts with it. I'll make a bunch of smoothies, or chop ice for drinks, or whip up pudding. Good stuff. They have great deals on it all the time!

[NattielChild]

I've made this cake seven times and each time the cake has failed to rise):

[TheTracieLee]

@NattielChild That's too bad! I've only made this cake this one time. It did not rise as much as I would've liked it to. I'll have to try it again sometime... Seven times is admirable! :)

[DulcEmiGUElito1]

dat is so sweetly gewd lol .... wisk ur egg whites wit ur power trust me it'll b more flurrier ;) lol looked good lol

[hisushi]

interesting, it looks like the cake base is left to set rather than baked, like a chocolate cream pie?

This makes me want to try this recipe even more, I adore chocolate cake/pie/torte recipes that involve no cooking and aren't cut with any flour!

nice job lovely xxx

[TheTracieLee]

@hisushi Nope, you do have to bake it. It was very rich and delectable, so it's totally worth it! :) There is cake flour in this recipe, but not much - 1/2 cup.

[AngelorPhantom1359]

Julia would be proud!

[julstar14]

next time explain your steps.

[TheTracieLee]

@julstar14 The day I start explaining my steps, people will ask why I don't do so in a Julia Child-esque accent. :) They already ask. I like the simplicity of this. Plus, I'm filming these videos myself on occassion. It'd be impossible to talk while I have the camera tucked under my chin.

[JOxSOxFINEx21x]

this really does look like alot of work...gosh.

but the result looks all the worth while. amazing.

[VirtuousLatina]

this would have been nice if you would have explained ur steps and ingredients. I would have to have the recipe in front of me to know whats going on. but the cake looks delicious.

[TheTracieLee]

@VirtuousLatina Recipe now posted.

[russianamericanbaby]

haha this was funny how u were just scrambeling through the cookbook lol

[sweetnluvly07]

That looks delicious but it looks like it has a bunch of calories :(

[TheTracieLee]

@sweetnluvly07 Calories don't count when you're trying a new recipe. :)

[sweetnluvly07]

@TheTracieLee :) But I am getting married and I wanna fit in my wedding dress... I should make some the day before my wedding and take it to my honeymoon :)

[hellohelloveromica]

I'm trying this today! Thank you!

[TheTracieLee]

@hellohelloveromica I'm glad to hear that! Hope it turned out well!