THE Most Decadent Chocolate Cake I Make

Ingredients of THE Most Decadent Chocolate Cake I Make

  1. You need of chocolate cake.
  2. Prepare of Butter and Cocoa for dusting three 20cm pans.
  3. You need 3 cups of flour - all purpose.
  4. You need 1 of and 1/2 cups of the best unsweetened cocoa you can afford.
  5. Prepare 3 cups of white sugar.
  6. It's 1 Tbsp of baking SODA (Bicarbonate of soda).
  7. It's 1 of and 1/4 tsp of baking POWDER.
  8. You need of Heaped tsp of salt.
  9. Prepare 4 of large eggs.
  10. It's 1 of and a 1/2 cups of buttermilk (or normal milk with 3 Tbsp...
  11. It's of ...of lemon juice or vinegar in it. Let stand for 3 minutes.
  12. Prepare 1/2 cup of canola or other neutral flavoured cooking oil.
  13. You need 1 of and 1/2 cups of good quality coffee.
  14. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla Extract or 1 and 1/2 tsp of vanilla paste.
  15. You need of chocolate cream cheese buttercream frosting.
  16. It's 1 of and 1/2 cups of softened butter.
  17. Prepare 8 oz (250 gm) of room temperature cream cheese.
  18. You need 1 of and 1/2 cups of the same unsweetened cocoa used in the cake.
  19. You need 2 tsp of vanilla extract or 1 and a 1/2 tsp vanilla paste.
  20. It's 1/4 cup of milk.
  21. Prepare 7 cups of confectioners (icing) sugar.

THE Most Decadent Chocolate Cake I Make instructions

  1. Chocolate cakes.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter three 9-inch cake rounds. Dust with the cocoa powder, tapping out any excess powder..
  3. Mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a stand mixer. On low speed, mix until combined..
  4. Add eggs, buttermilk, warm water, oil, and vanilla and mix on medium speed for two minutes until smooth..
  5. Place 3 cups of batter into each one of the three pans..
  6. Bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. Cool on wire racks for 15 minutes and then turn out the cakes onto a rack and allow to cool completely..
  7. Frosting.
  8. In the stand mixer, beat together butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Add in cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Beat again until combined..
  9. Beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. Add milk as necessary to make a spreadable consistency. The frosting should be very thick and will thicken even more if refrigerated..
  10. To assemble cake, place first cake on a stand and add enough frosting on to the top, spreading out with a palette knife, to cover the top of the cake. As the next layer and repeat with the frosting. Next add the last cake and cover the top and sides with the remaining frosting..
  11. Enjoy!!!.

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