I think this cake would taste heavenly with a tall glass of milk or a hot, steamy cup of coffee. What do you guys and gals think? I really don’t care if I have either. All I want is a slice of this amazing cake. To me, that sounds like HEAVEN. Who doesn’t like hot chocolate? Who doesn’t like cake? Nobody! So. let’s put the two together and create the perfect dessert ever to grace a pretty platter. shall we? We shall!
That sounds absolutely amazing!
Ingredients
6 oz. (3/4 cup) Kerrygold unsalted butter; extra to grease the pans
13-1/2 oz. (3 cups) Gold Medal unbleached all-purpose flour (I recommend weighing it)
¾ cup Wesson canola oil
4-1/2 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
3 cups Domino granulated sugar
2-1/4 oz. (3/4 cup) Hershey’s natural unsweetened cocoa powder
3 large eggs, at room temperature
¾ cup buttermilk, at room temperature (use milk with a splash of vinegar or lemon juice if you don’t have buttermilk)
2 Tbs. pure McCormick vanilla extract
2-1/2 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. kosher salt
1½ cup butter, softened
6½ cup confectioners’ sugar, more if needed
2 cups cocoa powder
¾ tsp vanilla extract
¾ cup milk
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, and cocoa powder. Pour the hot chocolate mixture into the sugar mixture and whisk until combined.
Whisk in the eggs, one at a time (making sure to keep whisking – you don’t want the eggs to scramble), then whisk in the buttermilk, vanilla, baking soda, and salt. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pans.
Set two pans on the top rack and the third on the lower rack. Stagger the pans on the oven racks so that no pan is directly over another. Bake, swapping and rotating the pans’ positions after 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on racks for 10 minutes. Invert the cakes onto the racks, remove the parchment, and cool completely.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter.
Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar, cocoa and vanilla.
Add enough milk until frosting reaches spreading consistency.
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Quick Tip: Serve with a side salad and breadsticks for a complete meal.
