I sent this cake with the kids, to our neighbors, who was hosting movie night under the stars (movie projected onto the garage door; kids wrapped in blankets, sitting on beach chairs). These nights, at Jeni's, are some of my favorite summer nights!
chocolate buttermilk layer cake
donna hay #50
ingredients:
cake
1 cup water
125g unsalted butter, chopped
35g cocoa, sifted
300g all purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp. baking soda
440g caster sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
frosting
100g unsalted butter, room temp
500g cream cheese, room temp
320g confectioner's sugar, sifted
50g cocoa, sifted
instructions:
cake
• preheat oven to 325*. grease two 8" round cake pans ( I didn't have round, I did this in square pans), line with parchment and grease the parchment lightly.
• place water, butter, and cocoa in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until the butter has melted.
• sift the flour, baking soda, and sugar in a bowl. add the cocoa mixture to the dry ingredients.
• add the eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla and whisk.
• divide mixture between the 2 cake pans.
• bake for 40-45 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. allow to cool in the pans. turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
frosting:
• while the cake is in the oven, place the butter and cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until pale and creamy.
• add the confectioner's sugar and cocoa and beat for another 6-8 minutes until really creamy.
• to assemble, slice each cake in half, horizontally. frost between the layers and on the top.
OMG susan! you are amazing. this looks so good. i think i gain 5 lbs every time i read a recipe that you post. then i head to the gym and put it out of my mind until i need that perfect recipe and the inspiration to try something new. thanks for baking.
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jocelyn
This looks beyond good!! This is such a show stopper. Plus you can't go wrong with chocolate!! :)
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This cake looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteI can vouch for this cake, it was not only delicious, but beautiful to look at! It was fun to have a square cake with 4 layers! It was easy to cut into squares and serve the kids as they watched the movie.
ReplyDeleteThanks again Susan!
-Jeni