Look at this piece of cake! It's moist and chocolaty with glossy black icing that just simply oozes indulgence. This is my go-to cake when I just have to have a chocolate fix--which is more often than I'd like to admit. It's similar to a chocolate sheet cake recipe, but uses two types of cocoa, light and dark, and instead of buttermilk I use heavy whipping cream soured with a touch of vinegar. It's baked in a regular cake pan, so it's a bit thicker than a sheet cake, too. I like to texture the top so the icing pools up in the crevices, but I'll get to that later. Here's the recipe for the cake, and the icing recipes follows. Happy baking!
2 sticks butter 2 tbls dark cocoa 2 tbls light cocoa
1 cup water 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour
1 tsp soda 1/2 tsp fine sea salt 2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream with 1/4 tsp vinegar 1 tbls vanilla
Assemble dry ingredients in bowl. Bring butter, cocoas, and water to a boil, and pour over dry ingredients. Add heavy cream/vinegar, eggs, and vanilla. Bake in 13"x 9" pan at 350 degrees for 20 min.
1 cup water 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour
1 tsp soda 1/2 tsp fine sea salt 2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream with 1/4 tsp vinegar 1 tbls vanilla
Assemble dry ingredients in bowl. Bring butter, cocoas, and water to a boil, and pour over dry ingredients. Add heavy cream/vinegar, eggs, and vanilla. Bake in 13"x 9" pan at 350 degrees for 20 min.
When the cake is about half done, I pull it out and press down the surface using the back of a spoon. This causes the uncooked batter in the center to ooze to the surface. I pop it back in the oven and let it finish baking. Doing this creates a rough texture on the top, and when the frosting is poured on the hot cake, it pools in the dips and hollows of the surface. This step is definitely optional, it's just something I do to give the cake a different look. And it reminds me of the "hills and hollers" here in Missouri after the spring thaw!
This is the icing recipe:
1 stick butter 2 tbls light cocoa 2 tbls dark cocoa
6 tbls heavy whipping cream with 1/8 tsp vinegar 2 cups powdered sugar
Melt butter, cocoas, and heavy cream/vinegar. Bring to boil, and remove from heat. Sift in powder sugar and whisk until thick. Ice cake while warm. Let cake cool a bit before digging in. If you can!
1 stick butter 2 tbls light cocoa 2 tbls dark cocoa
6 tbls heavy whipping cream with 1/8 tsp vinegar 2 cups powdered sugar
Melt butter, cocoas, and heavy cream/vinegar. Bring to boil, and remove from heat. Sift in powder sugar and whisk until thick. Ice cake while warm. Let cake cool a bit before digging in. If you can!
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