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Chocolate Cake Recipe

Chocolate Cake Recipe

For variations on this cake, see our vanilla and lemon cake recipes.

Everyday Food, May 2009 http://www.marthastewart.com/259394/chocolate-cake
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  • Prep Time 15 minutes
  • Total Time 45 minutes plus cooling
  • Yield Serves 12

Ingredients

    • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for pans
    • 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pans
    • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 1/2 cups sugar
    • 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks
    • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
    • 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
    • Whipped Frosting (http://www.marthastewart.com/260911/whipped-frosting)
    • Shaved dark chocolate

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour two 8-by-2-inch cake pans, tapping out excess flour. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  2. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. With mixer on low, beat in eggs and yolks, one at a time. Beat in vanilla. Alternately beat in flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; mix just until combined.
  3. Divide batter between pans; smooth tops. Bake until cakes pull away from sides of pans, 32 to 35 minutes. Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Run a knife around edges of pans and invert cakes onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.
  4. Place one cake, bottom side up, on a cake stand. Tuck strips of parchment paper underneath. Using an offset-spatula or table knife, spread top with Whipped Frosting. Top with remaining cake; frost top, then sides. (Store unfrosted cakes at room temperature up to 1 day. Once frosted, serve within a few hours.)

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