Chocolate Lover's Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing

Name: Chocolate Lover's Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams baking chocolate; 1 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 237 milliliters brown sugar; 237 milliliters butter, softened; 177 milliliters cocoa powder; 79 milliliters cold coffee; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar, or more as needed; 2 eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 1 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sour cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters white sugar

Need a vegetarian dessert? Chocolate Lover's Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Icing could be a great recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains about 9g of protein, 44g of fat, and a total of 849 calories. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up butter, cream, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 9-inch round baking pans.

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Baking Pan

Oven

Combine 8 ounces baking chocolate and 2 tablespoons cream in a saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.

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Unsweetened Baking Chocolate

Chocolate

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy; mix in sour cream, 1 cup coffee, eggs, and vanilla extract. Slowly beat in melted chocolate mixture until combined.

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Vanilla Extract

Brown Sugar

Granulated Sugar

Sour Cream

Chocolate

Butter

Coffee

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; beat flour mixture into butter mixture until well combined and smooth.

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Baking Soda

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Pour batter into the 3 prepared baking pans.

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Baking Pan

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

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Toothpicks

Wire Rack

Oven

Heat 1/2 cup cream and 4 ounces baking chocolate together in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes.

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Unsweetened Baking Chocolate

Chocolate

Cream

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Sauce Pan

Remove saucepan from heat and stir in 1/3 cup coffee. Refrigerate mixture until completely cooled, about 30 minutes.

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Coffee

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Sauce Pan

Beat confectioners' sugar and 1 cup butter into cooled chocolate mixture in a large bowl until fluffy; add more confectioners' sugar until desired consistency is reached.

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Powdered Sugar

Chocolate

Butter

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Bowl

Place 1 cake on a serving platter; spread icing on top of cake. Repeat layering with remaining cake and icing; spread icing on top and sides of entire layered cake.

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Spread