Basic Chocolate Cake

Name: Basic Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 177 milliliters buttermilk; 473 milliliters sifted cake flour; 2 larges eggs; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters shortening; 473 milliliters sugar; 113 grams unsweetened chocolate; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 177 milliliters water

You can never have too many dessert recipes, so give Basic Chocolate Cake a try. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 5g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 350 calories. A mixture of shortening, vanillan extract, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Place chocolate in top of a double broiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts.

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Chocolate

Water

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Broiler

Beat shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well.

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Shortening

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

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Egg

Add chocolate, mixing well.

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Chocolate

Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to chocolate mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

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Buttermilk

Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

Mix at low speed after each addition until blended.

Add water, mixing well. Stir in vanilla.

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Vanilla

Water

Pour batter into two greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans.

Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Frost as desired.

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Oven