This is a three layers cake, but I made it
in two layers, because I only had 2 pans and it worked out great!
Ingredients
Cake Layers
- 2 cup(s) all-purpose
flour
- 1 cup(s) unsweetened
cocoa
- 1
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 3/4 cup(s) (1 1/2
sticks) butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup(s) packed
brown sugar
- 1 cup(s) granulated
sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla
extract
- 1
1/2 cup(s) low-fat buttermilk
Frosting
- 1/3 cup(s) unsweetened
cocoa
- 1/3 cup(s) boiling
water
- 1 cup(s) (2 sticks) butter
or margarine, softened
- 2 tablespoon(s) confectioners'
sugar
- 12 ounce(s) semisweet
chocolate, melted and cooled
Directions
- Prepare cake layers: Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease three 8-in. round cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper; grease
paper. Dust pans with flour.
- On another sheet of waxed
paper, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter
and brown and granulated sugars until blended. Increase speed to high;
beat 5 minutes or until pale and fluffy, occasionally scraping bowl with
rubber spatula. Reduce speed to medium-low;
add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla
until blended. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning
and ending with flour mixture; beat just until batter is smooth,
occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.
- Spoon batter evenly among
prepared pans. If necessary, stagger pans on 2 oven racks, placing 2 on
upper rack and 1 on lower rack, so that top pans are not directly above
bottom one. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of
cake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. With small
knife, loosen layers from sides of pans; invert onto wire racks. Carefully
remove and discard waxed paper; cool completely, about 45 minutes. If you
like, wrap layers well and store at room temperature up to 1 day or freeze
up to 1 month. Bring to room temperature before frosting cake.
- Meanwhile, prepare frosting: In small bowl, combine
cocoa and boiling water, stirring until smooth. In large bowl, with mixer at medium-high speed,
beat butter and confectioners' sugar 5 minutes or until fluffy. Reduce
speed to medium-low; add melted chocolate, then cocoa mixture, beating
until smooth and occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. If frosting is too runny,
refrigerate until just stiff enough to spread.
- Assemble cake: Place 1 cake layer bottom
side up on cake plate; spread with 1/3 cup frosting. Top with second
layer, bottom side up; spread with 1/3 cup frosting. Place remaining layer
bottom side up on top. Spread remaining frosting over sides and top of
cake.
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