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Title: Fudgy Chocolate Layer Cake
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 1 Cake
1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
1 c Unsweetened cocoa powder;
- minus 1 tb
1 1/4 ts Baking soda
1/8 ts Salt
3/4 c Butter; softened
2/3 c Granulated sugar
2/3 c Brown sugar; firmly packed
2 lg Eggs
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 1/2 c Buttermilk
Frosting:
1/2 c Butter; softened
1 1/2 c Confectioners' sugar; sifted
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate;
- melted
2 ts Vanilla extract
Chocolate shavings (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line bottoms of two 9" round cake pans with
waxed paper. Grease paper and sides of pans. Dust with flour.
Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, beat
butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar at medium speed until
light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each
addition. Add vanilla.
At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and buttermilk into
butter mixture just until blended. Divide batter equally between
prepared pans. Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in center
comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer pans to wire racks to
cool for 10 minutes. Turn out onto racks. Remove paper. Turn layers
topsides up and cool completely.
To prepare frosting, beat butter and confectioners' sugar at medium
speed until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and vanilla;
continue beating until shiny and smooth.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with frosting. Top
with remaining cake layer. Spread frosting on tip and sides of
cake. Let cake stand for at least 30 minutes before sprinkling with
chocolate shavings and slicing.
Recipe by Chris and Lew Hornsby <
[email protected]>
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