ebony chocolate cake w/ jeannie's frosting ~ better than the best!

Name: Ebony Chocolate Cake w/ Jeannie's Frosting ~ Better than the best!
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Ingredients: 1 4 ounce(s) bar baking bar of ghiradelli 100% cocao; 2 cup(s) sugar; 1/3 cup(s) oil; 2 - eggs; 1 cup(s) buttermilk; 1 3/4 cup(s) all purpose flour or; 2 cup(s) cake flour; 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) strong cooled coffee; 2 teaspoon(s) real vanilla extract; - jeannie's frosting:; 1/2 cup(s) crisco; 1/2 cup(s) butter, room temperature; 1 cup(s) sugar; 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract, white; 3/4 cup(s) boiled milk, cooled; 3 teaspoon(s) meringue powder

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Mary Louise

Marshfield, WI

Updated on Jun 13, 2011

This is my own recipe. I love baking with Ghiradellis chocolate. I did a make over of my favorite chocolate cake recipe. This cake is fabulous. Family and friends love it! The frosting I call Jeannie's, because I got the recipe from Jeannie a girl I worked with back in 1978. The original cake recipe was her aunts and this is the frosting she used on the cake. I had not made it in years, because it called for an egg white. I now use meringue powder instead. I even like the results better that the fresh egg white too! You can also use your favorite frosting or I love Yummy Vanilla Buttercream by Sherry Symmonds. You can find it right here on Just A Pinch.

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 55 Min

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Ingredients

1 4 ounces bar baking bar of ghiradelli 100% cocao
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup oil
2 - eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour or
2 cups cake flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup strong cooled coffee
2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
- jeannie's frosting:
1/2 cup crisco
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, white
3/4 cup boiled milk, cooled
3 teaspoons meringue powder

How To Make ebony chocolate cake w/ jeannie's frosting ~ better than the best!

Step 1

Melt chocolate in sauce pan. Add sugar. Mix. Add to large mixing bowl.

Step 2

Add oil. Beat. Add eggs. Beat until combined.
Step 3

Add buttermilk. Beat to combine. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Beat to combine.
Step 4

Add coffee and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes. Stopping to scrape bowl twice.
Step 5

Grease and flour a 13x9 inch pan. I use Bakers Joy or Pam with flour.
Step 6

Bake in a 325 degree oven for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. All ovens vary!
Step 7

Note: baking in a 325 degree oven helps bake a level cake.
Step 8

To make Jeannie's Frosting: Put all ingredients in a mixing bowl. Beat on high speed for 15 minutes. I use my kitchen aid stand mixer with the whip.
Step 9

Frost cake when cake is cool. I refrigerate this cake.
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