Best-Ever Chocolate Cake
By
Trina Alaniz
@bagma
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The picture is mine and my youngest granddaughter helped with applying the frosting and nuts.
Ingredients
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2 call purpose flour
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2 cgranulated sugar
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1/2 cunsweetened coca powder
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1 1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/4 tspsalt
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1/2 cvegetable shortening
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1 cmilk
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1/2 ccold black coffee
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 largeeggs
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FROSTING
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1 cunsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 csoftened butter
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1/2 clight corn syrup
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1/2 tspvanilla extract
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1/4 tspsalt
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1/4 cwarm water
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4 cconfectioners' sugar
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1 cchopped walnuts, divided
How to Make Best-Ever Chocolate Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- Beat in the shortening with an electric mixer on low speed. Beat in milk, coffee and vanilla until combined. Increase speed to high and beat for 2 min. Add the eggs: beat for 2 min.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pans: Bake the cakes in the middle of the oven until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans for 5 minutes, then turn the cakes onto wire racks to cool completely.
- For the frosting, combine the cocoa powder, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt in a large bowl. Beat on medium speed for 2 min. Add the warm water: mix well. Beat in the confectioners: sugar in two batches. Beat until smooth.
- Place one layer top side down on a large, flat plate. Spread with 1 cup of the frosting: sprinkle with 2/3 cup of walnuts. Top with the remaining cake layer, top side up. Frost the the top and sides with the remaining frosting, swirling with a small spatula. Garnish the cake with the remaining walnuts.
- WARNING TO ALL CHOCOLATE LOVERS1
THIS IS A MUST TRY RECIPE, I BET YOU WILL BE HOOKED. ENJOY!