# Death by Chocolate Cake

A decadent chocolate cake made with moist chocolate cake layers and rich dark chocolate buttercream, covered in mini chocolate chips and topped with buttercream swirls.

- Total time: 3 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 dry ingredients
- 1 cocoa
- 1 oil
- 1 sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 chocolate simple syrup
- 1 chocolate buttercream
- 1 mini chocolate chips
- 1 melted dark chocolate

## Instructions

1. Whisk together dry ingredients. Sift if necessary to prevent lumps.
2. Whisk together wet ingredients (oil, sour cream, eggs).
3. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and whisk until combined.
4. Pour batter into 4 seven inch cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 23-26 minutes.
5. Let cakes cool to room temperature and level using a serrated knife.
6. Add chocolate simple syrup to cake layers.
7. Assemble the cake layers with buttercream, adding mini chocolate chips between layers.
8. Put cake into freezer for about 10 minutes to allow buttercream to set.
9. Add one thicker layer of frosting.
10. Cover the cake with mini chocolate chips.
11. Pipe buttercream swirls on top and drizzle with more melted dark chocolate.

## Equipment

- whisk
- sifter
- 7 inch cake pans
- knife
- cake board
- spatula
- piping bag
- wilton 1M tip

## Source

- Original video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pf0Ztibcu6o&pp=ygUKY2hlbHN3ZWV0cw%3D%3D
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b8b238eb-85e2-42ce-bb32-71a3f8034b4a
- Extracted: 2025-01-18

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