Chocolate Layer Cake
Chocolate Layer Cake

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chocolate layer cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chocolate layer cake using 23 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate Layer Cake:
  1. Take cake batter
  2. Prepare 1 cup cake flour
  3. Get 1 cup all-purpose flour
  4. Take 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, I use Hersheys special dark
  5. Get 2 cup granulated sugar
  6. Take 2 large eggs
  7. Get 1 cup heavy cream
  8. Prepare 1 cup cooled brewed espresso
  9. Get 2 tsp baking powder
  10. Make ready 1 tsp baking soda
  11. Get 1/4 tsp salt
  12. Get 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  13. Get 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  14. Take 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  15. Prepare chocolate buttercream frosting
  16. Make ready 1 oz bakers chocolate, unsweetened, melted
  17. Get 2 stick unsalted butter, softened. 8 ounce total
  18. Get 3 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  19. Get 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  20. Make ready 3 1/2 tbsp heavy cream
  21. Get 1/4 tsp salt
  22. Make ready 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  23. Prepare 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Steps to make Chocolate Layer Cake:
  1. In a large mixing bowl, beat all wet in ingredients together on medium speed until well blended.
  2. In another bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.
  3. Slowly add to wet on low speed until just incorporated.
  4. Grease and flour two 9" cake pans. You may use some cocoa powder instead of flour.
  5. Place in a preheated 350°F Fahrenheit oven. Bake for 30-35 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  6. Set on cooling racks to cool 20 minutes before removing from cake pans.
  7. While cake is baking, start the frosting.
  8. Cream butter and sugar and cocoa powder together beating on medium speed for 3 minutes.
  9. Add in melted bakers chocolate, cream and mix.
  10. Add in other ingredients and beat on medium for 4 minutes.
  11. Refrigerate until cakes are cooled.
  12. On your serving platter, place one cake layer. To keep a clean platter, cut parchment paper into strips and place around cake.
  13. Take frosting and frost top of cake layer. Add second cake on top. Spread frosting on top and work down sides.
  14. You can take your time and work a smooth texture using an off set spatula. Or just frost using all the frosting and leave swirl marks.
  15. Top the cake with any decorations you wish. Today, I used crushed butterfinger candies. It helps hide mistakes ;)
  16. Serve and enjoy. Cake should be stored, covered and refrigerated.
  17. Recipe by taylor68too.

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