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Ingredients
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 3 cups |
| granulated sugar: 2 cups |
| unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted): 1/2 cup |
| baking soda: 2 tsp |
| Kosher salt: 1 tsp |
| water: 2 cups (hot) |
| vegetable oil: 3/4 cup |
| distilled vinegar: 2 Tbl |
| instant coffee: 1 Tbl |
| vanilla extract: 1 Tbl |
| unsalted butter: 8 Tbl |
| granulated sugar: 1 1/2 cups |
| unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted): 1 1/4 cups |
| salt: 1 dash |
| heavy whipping cream (fluid): 1 1/4 cups |
| sour cream: 1/4 cup |
| instant coffee: 1 tsp |
| vanilla extract: 2 tsp |
Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake With Glossy Chocolate Icing
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
30 min -
Cook Time
40 min -
Servings
1 serving(s)
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- Preheat oven to 350 with rack in the center.
- Spray two 8" round cake pans with nonstick spray.
- Whisk dry cake ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
- Combine water, oil, vinegar, instant coffee granules, and vanilla in a large measuring cup.
- Add to the dry ingredients and whisk until combined- a few lumps are ok.
- Divide batter between the two pans (about 3 cups each), then bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (35- 40 min).
- Cool cakes for 15 minutes on a rack, then invert them onto the rack.
- Leave upside down until completely cooled before frosting them.
- To make icing, melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir in sugar, cocoa, and salt- the mixture will be thick/grainy.
- Combine cream, sour cream and coffee granules in a large measuring cup, mixing until smooth.
- Gradually add cream mixture to chocolate until blended and smooth.
- Cook until sugar has dissolved, and mixture is smooth and hot to the touch.
- DO NOT BOIL.
- Take mixture off the heat, and add vanilla.
- Cool at room temperature until spreadable (up to three hours).
- If it isn't getting thick enough to be spreadable, put in the refrigerator until thick enough to spread.
- If it gets too thick to spread easily, warm gently in the microwave until it's just right (20 seconds or so, repeat if necessary).
- Stir well, and ice cake, frosting first layer, then placing second layer on top, and icing the top and then the sides.