For day two of our blender cake series, we present a Valentine’s Day special: a brownie-like chocolate cake with a thick, rich glaze. It also happens to be gluten-free, replacing flour with whole almonds, blitzed until powdery. A sprinkle of flaky salt makes a simple, elegant garnish. Our culinary director Wes Martin whips up both cake and frosting, with only one blender and one cake pan. Get the recipe for Chocolate Blender Cake here: https://bit.ly/3ulUUGM | Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

This week, we’re making cake batters in blenders! We first learned this technique, which is common in many parts of the world, from Mexican sweet corn cake, or panqué de elote. The blender is not only a convenience tool, allowing you to skip the stand mixer, but it also makes cake prettymuch impossible to screw up. No more creaming butter and sugar. Throw it in a blender, put it in a cake pan, you’re done. Chris Kimball starts off the series with our all-purpose Yellow Blender Cake, a basic, cus