Chocolate cake

 

CHOCOLATE CAKE

• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour, or (plain flour), (8 oz | 227 g) 
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder,(2.6 oz | 75 g) or regular Hershey's cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, (or bi-carb soda)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups white granulated sugar, (14 oz | 410 g)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup milk, (250 ml)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil, (125 ml)
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water (250 ml)

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

• 4 oz butter, (120 g | 1/2 cup)
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, or regular HERSHEY'S (2.4 oz | 65 g)
• 3 cups powdered sugar, (confectioners or icing sugar)
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 

Butter and parchment 2 9x9 rounds. Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients for cake mix till smooth. add boiling water last. Pour into pans. Bake 30 min. Let cool. 

For frosting melt butter first and all chocolate, add milk and sugar in stages. Add vanilla last. Frost cake

The Best Moist Chocolate cake w/ caramel glaze

FOR THE CAKE
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla (extracted from pod)
2 teaspoons rum
1 cup hot water
2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
FOR THE CARAMEL
splash vanilla extract
1 teaspoon fleur de sel
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup heavy cream (plus 2 tablespoons)
1 cup sugar

directions
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour two 8-inch round baking pans. Set aside.
In a large stand mixer, combine the cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, sugar and flour. Once combined, add buttermilk, heavy cream, oil, eggs, vanilla and rum; mix until smooth. Stir together the hot water and espresso powder. Pour slowly into the cake batter and stir until completely incorporated.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes, until baked through and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool down completely.
While cakes are cooking, combine the vanilla extract, fleur de sel, butter, 1/2 cup of heavy cream and sugar in a sauce pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5-6 minutes. Cook until caramel in color, then add the final 2 tablespoons of heavy cream. Stir for 20 seconds and let cool before glazing cake.
Tip: Make the cakes in advance. When ready to serve make caramel sauce and drizzle over the top.

The Bomb Carrot Cake

Ingredients

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2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 large eggs
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated carrot
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Buttermilk Glaze:
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
(Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla)

Cream Cheese Frosting:
3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 none (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 none (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
(Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.)

Line 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with wax paper; lightly grease and flour wax paper. Set pans aside.

Stir together first 4 ingredients.

Beat eggs and next 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour mixture, beating at low speed until blended. Fold in carrot and next 3 ingredients. Pour batter into prepared cakepans.

Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

Strawberry Cream Cake

Both my daughters request this cake for their birthday. It's super easy and looks like it was so much work. I took a 'from scratch' recipe and simplified it.

yellow cake mix
3 eggs, 1/4 cup oil, water (or whatever the cake mix requests)
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 pound fresh strawberries
instant vanilla pudding mix (prepared) - (or store bought pudding works in a crunch)
whipped cream (cool whip)

Bake the cake as directed in 2 greased and floured 9 inch round pans, let cool, cut both cakes in 1/2. Rinse and cut strawberries in slices. add sugar and water to make a light syrup, stir to dissolve sugar. Spread 1st layer of cake with pudding and top with 1/3 of strawberries, repeat layer, top with last cake and whip cream and the rest of the strawberries. All done. whala!