Chocolate Cake

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Chocolate Cake

Yield 8-10

Prep time

10 Min

Cook time

40 Min

Inactive time

2 Hour

Total time

2 H & 50 M

Ingredients

Cake

• .5C sour cream
• 1C buttermilk
• 3 room temp eggs
• 1.5C hot strong coffee
• .75C vegetable oil
• 1T vanilla extract
• 360g all purpose flour
• 533g granulated sugar
• 50g cocoa powder
• 5g baking powder
• 14g baking soda
• 6g kosher salt

Buttercream Frosting

• 680g powdered sugar
• 3 sticks room temp butter
• .25C heavy cream
• 25g cocoa powder
• 1T vanilla extract
• 1T espresso powder
• .25t salt
• 45g semi-sweet chocolate
• 2T heavy cream

Equipment

• Stand mixer
• 2x 9" cake pans

Instructions

Cake

1. Set oven to 350. Butter and flour two 9" cake pans.
2. Combine dry ingredients together in a stand mixer bowl with a paddle attachment. Let mix.
3. Combine wet ingredients together in a separate large bowl and whisk together. Slowly add to dry ingredients while mixing on low. Mix until just combined.
4. Pour batter evenly between two cake pans and bake for 30-40 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from cake pans and letting cool completely.

Frosting

1. Add butter to stand mixer fit with a paddle attachment and mix on medium.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, add in chocolate chips along with heavy cream. Microwave for 20-30 seconds until melted. Stir to combine.
3. Add in cocoa powder and combine before adding in powdered sugar. Mix until well combined
4. Add in vanilla and espresso powder and mix until well combined before adding in melted chocolate.
5. Add a small dab of frosting to the bottom of a cake stand before adding one of the cakes. Add frosting to piping bag with a wide tip and pipe a layer of frosting on top of the first cake.
6. Add second cake to the top of the piped frosting. Gently pipe frosting on top and along the sides of the cake. Using a bench scraper, gently smooth out the frosting. Enjoy!

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