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Heritage Chocolate Cake Recipe
Details
- Time
- 1 hour 10 minutes
- Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Yields
- 8 servings
This classic chocolate layer cake is one for the record books. The ideal ending (if you can wait that long!) to dinner.
Ingredients & Directions
- Bake Time
- 30 minutes
- Cool Time
- 40 minutes
BAKE MODE:
Prevent your screen from going dark while you bake.
Ingredients
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2/3 cupbutter or margarine, softened (150 mL)
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1 3/4 cupsgranulated sugar (425 mL)
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3eggs
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1 tspvanilla extract (5 mL)
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2 cupsall-purpose flour (500 mL)
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1/2 cupHERSHEY'S Cocoa (125 mL)
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1 tspbaking powder (5 mL)
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3/4 tspbaking soda (4 mL)
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1/2 tspsalt (2 mL)
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1 1/2 cupsbuttermilk or soured milk* (375 mL)
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Chocolate Fudge Frosting (recipe follows)
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1/3 cupbutter or margarine (75 mL)
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1/3 cupHERSHEY'S Cocoa (75 mL)
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2 2/3 cupsicing sugar (625 mL)
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1/3 cupmilk (75 mL)
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1 tspvanilla extract (5 mL)
Directions
Equipment Needed
Oven & Stovetop
(2) 9-inch (23 cm) Round Baking Pans
Mixing Bowl
Mixer
Wire Rack
Saucepan
1
Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch (1.5 L) round baking pans.
2
Beat butter with sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl until fluffy. Combine flour with cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add alternately with the buttermilk to the butter mixture, beating until smooth. Divide batter between prepared pans.
Tip
*To sour milk: Use 4 1/2 tsp (22 mL) white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 1/2 cups (375 mL).
3
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the centre comes out clean; cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pans to a rack; cool completely.
Chocolate Fudge Frosting: Melt butter in a small saucepan set over low heat; add cocoa. Cook, stirring constantly, until smooth and slightly thickened. Remove from heat; pour into medium bowl. Cool until very thick (about 40 minutes). Add icing sugar alternately with milk and vanilla; beat until a spreadable consistency is achieved. Frost cooled cake.
