This is a great chocolate cake with lots of yummy chocolate flavor but sturdy enough to use for sculpted and carved cake designs
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Recipe
Servings: 6 cups
Calories: 1375kcal
Ingredients
- 8 oz unsalted butter room temperature
- 14 oz granulated sugar
- 15 oz AP flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 2 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 4 oz natural cocoa powder like HERSHEYS
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- 16 oz water room temperature
- 2 oz vegetable oil
Instructions
- NOTE: It is SUPER IMPORTANT that all the room temperature ingredients listed above are room temperature and not cold so that the ingredients mix and incorporate correctly.
- Heat oven to 335º F/168º C.
- Add dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder) together in a bowl, whisk to combine and set aside
- Combine wet ingredients in a bowl and set aside
- Add butter to stand mixer and beat at medium-high speed until smooth and shiny, about 30 seconds. Gradually sprinkle in the sugar, beat until mixture is fluffy and almost white, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time, fully combining each egg before adding the next.
- With the mixer at the lowest speed, add about a third of the dry ingredients to the batter, followed immediately by about a third of the water mixture, mix until ingredients are almost incorporated into the batter. Repeat the process 2 more times. When the batter appears blended, stop the mixer and scrape the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans. Smooth the tops with a rubber spatula. Bake cakes until they feel firm in the center and a toothpick comes out clean or with just a few crumbs on it, about 35-40 minutes.
Notes
Be sure to use natural cocoa powder or this recipe won't turn out.
Nutrition
Calories: 1375kcal | Carbohydrates: 171g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 75g | Saturated Fat: 46g | Cholesterol: 307mg | Sodium: 2187mg | Potassium: 740mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 104g | Vitamin A: 1685IU | Calcium: 221mg | Iron: 8.4mg
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