Dark Chocolate Cake
Servings 15
Calories 478kcal
Ingredients
Chocolate Layer Cake:
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup freshly brewed strong hot coffee
- 2 recipes dark chocolate buttercream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 round 9-inch cake pans.
- For the cake, put flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix well.
- In a stand mixer, mix the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla together. Slowly add in the mix of dry ingredients while the mixer is on low. Add the coffee and make sure everything is combined. The batter will be very thin.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack.
- Make the Dark Chocolate Buttercream (double the recipe).
- Now it's time to put your cake together!
- Frost the top of the first cake. Then layer the other half of the cake on top. Frost the outside of the cake.
- Use a decorating comb to smooth the outside edge and to make lines, if desired.
- Pipe stars using Wilton tip 1M on the top outer edge of the cake.
- Sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the top of the cake.
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Nutrition
Calories: 478kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 439mg | Potassium: 256mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 59g | Vitamin A: 60IU | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 2.3mg