Ultimate Chocolate Cake
Directions
- 1Prepare the cake pans by cutting parchment paper circles and placing them at the bottom of the pans
- 2Preheat the oven to 300°F/150°C
- 3In a bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, salt, glycerol monostearate, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder
- 4In a stand mixer, mix buttermilk, canola oil, eggs, and vanilla on low speed
- 5Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined
- 6In a saucepan, bring water to a boil
- 7Pour the boiling water into the batter slowly while mixing
- 8Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans and bake for approximately 40 minutes
- 9Make the frosting by mixing butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla and milk in a stand mixer until stiff
- 10Make a syrup by boiling water and sugar, then chill and add your favorite booze
- 11Once the cakes are baked, let them cool before removing them from the pans
- 12Brush each cake layer with syrup
- 13Assemble the cake by layering the cake layers with frosting in between. Apply frosting to the top and sides of the cake as well
Ingredients
- 300 g cake flour
- 300 g sugar
- 10 g salt
- 10 g glycerol monostearate
- 15 g baking powder
- 5 g baking soda
- 100 g cocoa powder
- 240 ml buttermilk
- 120 ml canola oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 120 ml water
- 340 g butter
- 680 g powdered sugar
- 60 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 60 ml milk
- 100 g water
- 200 g sugar
- 60 ml booze
Equipment
three 9" springform pansparchment paperkitchen scalewhiskstand mixersaucepanpastry bagcake turntable
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