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THE Most Decadent Chocolate Cake I Make.

You can cook THE Most Decadent Chocolate Cake I Make using 21 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of THE Most Decadent Chocolate Cake I Make

1. Prepare of chocolate cake.
2. It's of Butter and Cocoa for dusting three 20cm pans.
3. Prepare 3 cups of flour - all purpose.
4. You need 1 of and 1/2 cups of the best unsweetened cocoa you can afford.
5. It's 3 cups of white sugar.
6. You need 1 Tbsp of baking SODA (Bicarbonate of soda).
7. Prepare 1 of and 1/4 tsp of baking POWDER.
8. It's of Heaped tsp of salt.
9. You need 4 of large eggs.
10. You need 1 of and a 1/2 cups of buttermilk (or normal milk with 3 Tbsp...
11. Prepare of ...of lemon juice or vinegar in it. Let stand for 3 minutes.
12. Prepare 1/2 cup of canola or other neutral flavoured cooking oil.
13. Prepare 1 of and 1/2 cups of good quality coffee.
14. It's 2 tsp of vanilla Extract or 1 and 1/2 tsp of vanilla paste.
15. You need of chocolate cream cheese buttercream frosting.
16. You need 1 of and 1/2 cups of softened butter.
17. You need 8 oz (250 gm) of room temperature cream cheese.
18. You need 1 of and 1/2 cups of the same unsweetened cocoa used in the cake.
19. Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract or 1 and a 1/2 tsp vanilla paste.
20. It's 1/4 cup of milk.
21. It's 7 cups of confectioners (icing) sugar.

THE Most Decadent Chocolate Cake I Make step by step

1. Chocolate cakes.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter three 9-inch cake rounds. Dust with the cocoa powder, tapping out any excess powder..
3. Mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a stand mixer. On low speed, mix until combined..
4. Add eggs, buttermilk, warm water, oil, and vanilla and mix on medium speed for two minutes until smooth..
5. Place 3 cups of batter into each one of the three pans..
6. Bake for 30-35 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle of each cake comes out clean. Cool on wire racks for 15 minutes and then turn out the cakes onto a rack and allow to cool completely..
7. Frosting.
8. In the stand mixer, beat together butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Add in cocoa powder and vanilla extract. Beat again until combined..
9. Beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. Add milk as necessary to make a spreadable consistency. The frosting should be very thick and will thicken even more if refrigerated..
10. To assemble cake, place first cake on a stand and add enough frosting on to the top, spreading out with a palette knife, to cover the top of the cake. As the next layer and repeat with the frosting. Next add the last cake and cover the top and sides with the remaining frosting..
11. Enjoy!!!.