dark chocolate cake
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This cake is decadent. It is sturdy enough to use for stacking. The cake is moist. I usually soak my layer with simple syrup. Sometimes I add Kahlua to simple syrup for added coffee flavor.
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yield
2 8" round layers
prep time
15 Min
cook time
1 Hr
Ingredients For dark chocolate cake
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1 3/4 call purpose flour
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2 csugar
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3/4 chigh quality extra dark cocoa
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2 tspbaking soda
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspsalt
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2 lgeggs
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1 cstrong brewed coffee- black
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1 croom temperature buttermilk
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1/2 cvegetable oil
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1 Tbsphigh quality pure vanilla extract
How To Make dark chocolate cake
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees- for more even baking use convection if possible.
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2Add all wet ingredients to mixer and blend until smooth.
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3Sift dry ingredients together in separate bowl.
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4Gradually add dry ingredients to wet. Blend completely after each addition.
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5Mix for 2 minutes on medium speed with paddle attachment.
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6Pour into 2 eight inch cake pans that are prepped with pan release of greased and dusted with cocoa.
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7Place in center of oven. Bake for 20 minutes then rotate pans and continue baking for an additional 35 minutes. Check with toothpick. Allow to cool and remove from pans.
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