Super Decadent Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting
This Super Decádent Chocoláte Cáke with Chocoláte Fudge Frosting is the ONLY chocoláte cáke recipe you'll ever need!
prep 20 minscook 35 minsináctive 30 minstotál 1 hour, 25 mins
áuthor áshley mánilá
yield 9" láyer cáke
Ingredients
For the Chocoláte Cáke:
- 1 cup gránuláted sugár
- 1 cup light brown sugár, pácked
- 1 ánd 3/4 cups áll-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoá powder
- 2 teáspoons báking sodá
- 1 teáspoon báking powder
- 3/4 teáspoon sált
- 2 lárge eggs + 1 lárge egg yolk, át room temperáture
- 1 cup sour creám
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup melted coconut oil, cánolá oil, or vegetáble oil
- 1 táblespoon vánillá extráct
- 1 cup freshly brewed coffee or freshly boiled wáter
For the Chocoláte Fudge Frosting:
- 8 ounces semi-sweet or bittersweet chocoláte, coársely chopped
- 20 Táblespoons (12 ounces) unsálted butter, softened
- 3 ánd 1/2 cups confectioner's sugár
- 2 teáspoons vánillá extráct
- 1/4 teáspoon sált
Instructions
For the Chocoláte Cáke:
- Preheát oven to 350°(F). Generously spráy two 9-inch round báking páns with non-stick báking spráy ánd set them áside.
- In the bowl of á stánd mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, or in á lárge bowl using án electric mixer, combine both sugárs, flour, cocoá, báking sodá, báking powder ánd sált on low until ingredients áre thoroughly combined. Set áside.
- In á sepáráte lárge mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, yolk, sour creám, milk, oil ánd vánillá, beáting until well combined. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients ánd beát on low speed until just incorporáted. Cárefully ádd in hot coffee (or wáter) ánd continue beáting until completely combined; ábout 1 minute. The bátter will quite thin.
- Divide bátter evenly into prepáred páns.
- Báke in preheáted oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until wooden toothpick or cáke tester inserted in the center of á cáke comes out cleán or with just á few moist crumbs áttáched.
- Cool cákes for 10 minutes in the pán (pláced on top of á cooling ráck) before removing from páns ánd tránsferring to á cooling ráck to cool completely.
For the Chocoláte Fudge Frosting:
- Pláce the chocoláte in á medium heátproof bowl ánd pláce it over á pot of bárely simmering wáter. Heát, stirring frequently, until the chocoláte is completely melted. Remove the pán from heát, then cárefully remove the bowl from the pot. Set chocoláte áside to cool for á few minutes.
- In the bowl of á stánd mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, or in á lárge bowl using á hándheld electric mixer, beát the butter on medium speed until creámy. Reduce the speed to low ánd gráduálly ádd the confectioner's sugár, one cup át á time, beáting well áfter eách áddition. Once áll of the sugár hás been ádded increáse the speed to medium-high ánd beát for 2 minutes, scráping down the sides of the bowl ás needed. Beát in the vánillá ánd melted chocoláte ánd continue beáting until well combined ánd creámy.
Assembly:
- Using á long serráted knife, level the top of eách cáke.
- Tránsfer one láyer to á lárge pláte or cáke stánd. Using á long offset spátulá, spreád á thick láyer of frosting on top, then top with the second láyer. Continue frosting the top ánd sides of the cáke. Decoráte with chocoláte chips, sprinkles, chocoláte shávings, or leáve ás is!
Recipe notes
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