Mom's Chocolate Cake

Name: Mom's Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter; 113 grams unsweetened chocolate; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Mom's Chocolate Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 472 calories, 7g of protein, and 17g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of butter, chocolate, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter and flour two 8-by-1 1/2-inch round cake pans. Line the bottoms with wax paper. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.

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Baking Soda

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Wax Paper

Bowl

In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil over high heat and stir until the sugar dissolves; then pour into a large bowl.

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Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Add the chocolate and butter and let sit, stirring occasionally, until melted and slightly cooled. Stir in the vanilla.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

Butter

Beat the eggs into the chocolate mixture at medium speed until combined.

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Chocolate

Egg

Add the dry ingredients all at once and beat at medium speed until smooth. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes, or until the top springs back when pressed lightly and a cake tester comes out clean. Cool the cakes in their pans for about 25 minutes, then invert onto a rack to cool completely.

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Oven

Set one cake, right-side up, on a serving platter. Using a metal spatula, spread one-third of the Chocolate Frosting evenly over the cake. Top with the second cake and frost the top and sides with the remaining frosting.

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Chocolate Frosting