Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting
 
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Serves: 16 slices
Ingredients
  • Cake:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup cocoa powder
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • 1½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk, room temp
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup very hot coffee
  • Frosting:
  • ½ cup salted butter at room temp
  • 3½ cups of icing sugar, sifted
  • ½ cup cocoa
  • ⅓ cup half and half (10%) cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ½ cup strawberry jam
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 ℉. Butter and flour 2 - 9" round cake pans.
  2. Cake:
  3. Whisk together in the bowl of a stand mixer the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add the hot coffee slowly down the side of the bowl while mixing on low speed. Remove the bowl and using a spatula ensure the batter is well mixed. It will be very thin.
  4. Divide evenly between the 2 pans. Tap gently on the edge of the counter to release air bubbles.
  5. Bake 30 to 32 minutes on bottom rack or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  6. Let cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
  7. Frosting: Beat butter, cocoa and vanilla. Add ½ the icing sugar and cream beat until combined. Add in the remaining icing sugar and beat until fluffy.
  8. Place first layer on cake plate and spread the jam on top.
  9. Then carefully spread a thin layer of the frosting over the jam.
  10. Add the second layer of cake. Frost the sides and then the top of the cake.
  11. Decorate with sprinkles if so desired.
Recipe by Chateau Elma at https://www.chateauelma.com/chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-frosting