Black Midnight Chocolate Cake
INGREDIENTS
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For the Cake:
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◾2/3 cup dark cocoa powder (we used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa to get that deep dark color)
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◾1 cup hot brewed coffee
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◾1 pinch cayenne
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◾1/3 cup shortening
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◾1/3 cup olive oil
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◾1 2/3 cup sugar
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◾3 eggs
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◾1/3 cup buttermilk
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◾1 teaspoon vanilla
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◾2 cups cake flour
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◾1 teaspoon salt
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◾1 ¼ teaspoon baking soda
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◾½ teaspoon baking powder
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◾Butter for greasing the pans
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◾Two parchment circles, cut the size of the bottom of your cake pans
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◾Cocoa for dusting the pans
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◾For the Frosting:
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◾1 ½ sticks butter, softened
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◾1 cup dark cocoa (we used Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa to get that deep dark color)
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◾4 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
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◾1 cup buttermilk
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◾2 teaspoon vanilla extractInstructions
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