Chocolate Cake W/ Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
By
Cassie *
@1lovetocook1x
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A wonderful moist chocolate cake, with creamy butter cream frosting. My mom begged me to make this today...it's her favorite.
Enjoy!
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Enjoy!
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Ingredients
- 2
- (1-ounce) bars unsweetened chocolate baking bars, broken into pieces
- 2 c
- sugar
- 2 c
- flour
- 1 stick
- butter
- 1 c
- milk ( i used 1/2 buttermilk and half 2 %
- 1/2 c
- water
- 2 large
- eggs
- 1 Tbsp
- lemon juice, or white distilled vinegar
- 1 tsp
- vanilla extract
- 1 tsp
- baking powder
- 1 tsp
- baking soda
- 1/4 tsp
- salt
- 2
- ( 1-ounce) bars unsweetened chocolate baking bars, broken into pieces
- 1/4 c
- butter or margarine
- 3 - 1/2 c
- (1 pound) powdered sugar
- 1/4 c
- milk
- 1 tsp
- vanilla
- 1/4 tsp
- salt
BUTTER CREAM FROSTING
How to Make Chocolate Cake W/ Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
- 1Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
Line 2 - 9 inch cake pans with wax paper cut out to fit bottom of pans; grease and flour. Set aside.
You can also bake this cake in a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. - 2Microwave baking bars in small, microwave-safe bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10 to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth; cool to room temperature.
- 3Beat sugar and butter in large mixer bowl. Add flour, milk, water, eggs, lemon juice, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda and salt; beat on low speed until blended. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Beat in melted chocolate.
- 4Pour into two well-greased and floured 9-inch round baking pans or one 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- 5Bake for 30 -35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 20 minutes; invert onto wire racks to cool completely before frosting.
- 6Frosting:
Microwave baking bars and butter in small, microwave-safe mixer bowl on HIGH (100%) power for 45 seconds; stir. Microwave at additional 10 to 20 second intervals, stirring until smooth; cool to room temperature.
Beat sugar, 1/2 the milk, vanilla extract and salt into chocolate mixture just until of spreading consistency. Add the remaining milk if needed. Makes 2 cups approximately. ( I doubled the batch for the layer cake ). - 7Enjoy!
