Chocolate cake recipe - homemade chocolate fudge layer cake

Do not know about you, but I love dark chocolate cake. A look at this wonderful Layer Cake makes me mouth water. Chocolate lovers will scoop this pretty fast so be sure to grab a piece before it all away.

2 cups sifted cake flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 / 2 teaspoon baking powder

1 / 2 teaspoon salt

3 squares unsweetened chocolate

2 / 3 cup water

1 1 / 2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 / 3 cup buttersoftened

3 eggs

1 / 3 cup buttermilk

Chocolate Fudge Filling

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans.

Tear a large sheet of baking paper and place on the bench. Using a sieve, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda on waxed paper.

In a saucepan or double boiler, combine chocolate, water and 1 / 4 cup sugar and cook over low heat, stirring constantly. When the chocolate is thickand smooth, transfer to another container. Chill chocolate in a pan of ice water and mix. Add vanilla to chocolate.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until nice and fluffy. Beat the eggs, one at a time. Cooled chocolate mixture.

Add the sifted flour, alternating with buttermilk - beat the batter well after each addition until smooth. Pour the cake batter in cake pans.

Bake for 35 minutes or until center of cakesprings back when pressed lightly. Cool on a wire rack. When cool split cake, each round in half and fill with the filling of dark chocolate. Use the same filling to frost the entire cake.

Chocolate Fudge Filling

6 squares of dark chocolate

3 tablespoons butter

7 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups sifted powdered sugar

In a small saucepan, add the butter and chocolate squares. Cook over low heat until melted.

In a bowl, add the meltedchocolate, milk, vanilla and stir until well blended. Add the sugar and stir until the filling is soft and easily spreadable.

Chocolate => Fudge Cake Recipe: Chocolate Fudge Sheet Cake

This recipe is a great alternative to a layer cake. This chocolate cake is ready for picnics and potluck parties. Better save this recipe, because you asked to do so again and again.

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 / 2 teaspoon salt

2 sticksbutter

1 cup water

3 tablespoons cocoa stacking

2 eggs

1 teaspoon soda

1 / 2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch baking pan.

Using a sieve, sift the flour into a bowl. Add sugar and salt. Resift half-time in bowl.

In a saucepan, mix water, butter and cocoa, bring to boil. Add warm chocolate mixture to the flour and mixthoroughly.

In another bowl, mix eggs, baking powder, buttermilk and vanilla. Add to chocolate batter and mix until completely smooth. Pour into cake pan.

Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Frost cake with chocolate icing.

Chocolate icing

1 stick of butter

6-8 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons cocoa

1 box powdered sugar

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts(Optional)

1 teaspoon vanilla

In a saucepan cook the butter, cocoa and milk over low heat (do not boil). Remove the pan from heat and stir sugar, nuts and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until the frosting is smooth.

Pour the hot frosting on the cake and spread with a knife.

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