Chocolate Cake IV

Name: Chocolate Cake IV
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 14
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 473 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 532 milliliters cake flour; 14 servings Garnish: chocolate curls; 14 servings Coffee Liqueur Ganache Icing; 3 larges eggs; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 14 servings vegetable shortening; 237 milliliters boiling water

Chocolate Cake IV might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 14. One serving contains 418 calories, 6g of protein, and 18g of fat. If you have 2 semisweet chocolate baking bar, salt, coffee liqueur ganache icing, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Confession #64: I’m Cake Deprived… Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Satiny Chocolate Glaze, Chocolate Birthday Cake: Devil’s Food Cake with Rich Chocolate Buttercream Frosting, and Easy Kids Birthday Cake: Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.

Instructions

Coat 3 (8-inch) round cakepans with cooking spray. Line bottoms of pans with wax paper; grease wax paper with shortening, and set aside.

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Cooking Spray

Shortening

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Wax Paper

Melt chocolate in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth; set aside.

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Chocolate

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Sauce Pan

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition. Stir in melted chocolate and vanilla.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

Egg

Sift together flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating at low speed just until blended, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in boiling water.

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Buttermilk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Water

Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.

Bake at 350 for 28 to 30 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.

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Oven

Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread top with 4 tablespoons Coffee Liqueur Ganache Icing.

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Coffee Liqueur

Spread

Icing

Spread half of Mocha-Chocolate Cream Filling evenly over ganache on cake layer. Top with second cake layer; spread top with 4 tablespoons Coffee Liqueur Ganache Icing and remaining Mocha-Chocolate Cream Filling. Top with remaining cake layer.

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Coffee Liqueur

Chocolate

Mocha

Cream