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Chocolate Cake Recipe
Chocolate Cake Recipe
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Course: Cake
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chocolate Cake Recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- INGREDIENTS FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE:
- 3 CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
- 1/2 CUP UNSWEETENED COCOA POWDER (NATURAL)
- 2 CUPS GRANULATED SUGAR
- 2 TSP BAKING SODA
- 1 TSP SALT
- 2 CUPS WARM COFFEE (NOT HOT)
- 2 TBSP WHITE VINEGAR
- 1 TBSP VANILLA EXTRACT
- 2/3 CUP LIGHT OLIVE OIL NOT EXTRA VIRGIN
- INGREDIENTS FOR CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
- 12 OZ CREAM CHEESE ROOM TEMPERATURE
- 1 CUP UNSALTED BUTTER (16 TBSP) ROOM TEMPERATURE
- 5 CUPS POWDERED SUGAR
- 1 CUP UNSWEETENED COCOA POWDER (NATURAL)
- 1/2 TSP SALT
- 2 TSP VANILLA EXTRACT
Instructions
- HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CAKE LAYERS:
- PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 350˚F. BUTTER TWO 9″ CAKE PANS AND LINE THE BOTTOMS WITH A RING OF PARCHMENT PAPER.
- IN A LARGE BOWL WHISK TOGETHER YOUR DRY INGREDIENTS: 3 CUPS FLOUR, 1/2 CUP COCOA POWDER, 2 CUPS SUGAR, 2 TSP BAKING SODA AND 1 TSP SALT UNTIL THERE ARE NO MORE COCOA LUMPS (A FEW TINY LUMPS ARE OK; IT ALSO HELPS TO SIFT THE COCOA BEFORE USING IT).
- IN A SEPARATE BOWL, MIX TOGETHER YOUR WET INGREDIENTS: 2 CUPS WARM COFFEE, 2 TBSP VINEGAR, 1 TBSP VANILLA EXTRACT AND 2/3 CUP OLIVE OIL.
- WHISK THE WET INGREDIENTS INTO THE DRY INGREDIENTS JUST UNTIL THEY COME TOGETHER. YOUR BATTER WILL STILL BE SLIGHTLY LUMPY. DIVIDE EQUALLY BETWEEN PREPARED CAKE PANS, AND BAKE IN A PREHEATED OVEN AT 350˚F FOR 35 MINUTES OR UNTIL A TOOTHPICK COMES OUT CLEAN. LET COOL IN THE PAN 15 MINUTES THEN TRANSFER TO A WIRE RACK TO COOL COMPLETELY BEFORE FROSTING.
- HOW TO MAKE THE CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
- IN THE BOWL OF AN ELECTRIC MIXER USING PADDLE ATTACHMENT (OR USING AN ELECTRIC HAND MIXER WITH A LARGE BOWL), BEAT TOGETHER 12 OZ CREAM CHEESE WITH 1 CUP BUTTER ON MEDIUM/HIGH SPEED UNTIL CREAMY (3 MIN), SCRAPING DOWN THE BOWL AS NEEDED.
- SIFT IN 5 CUPS POWDERED SUGAR WITH 1 CUP COCOA POWDER, SIFTING IN BATCHES AS NEEDED TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO LUMPS. THEN ADD 1/2 TSP SALT. MIX ON LOW SPEED UNTIL WELL COMBINED. THOROUGHLY SCRAPE DOWN THE BOWL, THEN INCREASE TO MEDIUM/HIGH SPEED AND BEAT UNTIL SMOOTH AND WHIPPED (1 MIN).
- ADD 2 TSP VANILLA AND BEAT ON MEDIUM/HIGH UNTIL SMOOTH (1 MIN). NOW IT’S READY TO BE PIPED ONTO COOLED CAKE.
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