Preheat oven to 350. Line bottoms of two 9-inch round cake pans with waxed paper.
Grease paper and sides of pans. Dust with flour.
Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar,
and brown sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating
well after each addition. Add vanilla.
At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and buttermilk, into butter mixture just until
blended. Divide batter equally between prepared pans.
Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
Transfer pans to wire racks to cook for 10 minutes. Turn out onto racks. Remove paper.
Turn layers topside up and cool completely.
To prepare frosting, beat butter and confectioner's sugar at medium speed until light and
fluffy. Add melted chocolate and vanilla; continue beating until shiny and smooth.
Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with frosting. Top with remaining cake
layer. Spread frosting on top and sides of cake. Let cake stand for at least 30 minutes
before sprinkling with chocolate shavings and slicing.
With this recipe, you'll have 1/2 stick butter leftover that I now put into additional icing. To make
it easier (and I ran out of unsweetened chocolate bars), I added to the 6 squares of bar- 3 T
cocoa powder and 1 T butter. Gives a great consistency to the icing! All of the remaining
amounts have been accounted for above.
Originally Submitted
9/1/2018
0 Out of 5 from
0 reviews
You can add this Fudgy Chocoate Layer Cake recipe to your own private DesktopCookbook.
