Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake

Name: Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake
Ingredients: Note: Don’t make the frosting until the cakes are cooled, and use the frosting as soon as it is ready. If the frosting gets too stiff to spread easily, wrap the mixer bowl with a towel soaked in hot water adn mix on low speed until the frosting is; 12 Tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, very soft, plus extra for greasing pans; 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting pans; 4 oz unsweetened chocolate, coarsley chopped; 1/4 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1/2 cup hot water; 1 3/4 C sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon table salt; 1 cup buttermilk; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 large eggs, plus 2 large egg yolks

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake was pinched from <a href="http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/05/old-fashioned-chocolate-layer-cake/" target="_blank">www.ourbestbites.com.</a>

INGREDIENTS

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Note: Don’t make the frosting until the cakes are cooled, and use the frosting as soon as it is ready. If the frosting gets too stiff to spread easily, wrap the mixer bowl with a towel soaked in hot water adn mix on low speed until the frosting is

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12 Tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, very soft, plus extra for greasing pans

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1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting pans

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4 oz unsweetened chocolate, coarsley chopped

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1/4 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder

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1/2 cup hot water

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1 3/4 C sugar

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1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

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1 teaspoon table salt

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1 cup buttermilk

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2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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4 large eggs, plus 2 large egg yolks

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