Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

Chocolate Buttermilk Cake
This recipe serves 18. One serving contains 317 calories, 5g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of cocoa, powdered sugar, milk, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 57 minutes.

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 35
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To prepare cake, coat bottoms of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Line pans with wax paper; coat wax paper with cooking spray.
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Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. combine flour, 3/4 cup cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk until blended.
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Combine buttermilk and 2 teaspoons vanilla in a 2-cup glass measure.
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Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Gradually add egg substitute; beat well.
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Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
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Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
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Bake at 350 for 38 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Invert cakes onto wire racks, and cool completely.
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To prepare chocolate frosting, place cream cheese and milk in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at low speed until smooth. Beat at high speed until creamy.
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Add melted chocolate; beat well.
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Combine powdered sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa; gradually add sugar mixture to cheese mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
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Add 1 teaspoon vanilla; beat well 1 minute or until very creamy.
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Remove wax paper from cake.
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Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with second cake layer, spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
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DifficultyExpert
Ready In1 h, 57 m.
Servings18
Health Score1
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