Black Magic Cake
Bring out the magic in your baking with this scrumptious cake made with buttermilk, strong coffee and semi-sweet chocolate.
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
1 ¾ | cup |
unbleached all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
¾ | cups |
cocoa powder
baking |
|
2 | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
2 | each |
eggs
|
|
½ | cup |
vegetable oil
|
|
1 | cup |
coffee
black, strong |
|
1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
¼ | cup |
butter
or regular margarine |
|
3 | ounces |
semi-sweet chocolate
3 blocks, null, null |
|
1 | each |
eggs
Large |
|
2 | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
1 | tablespoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
1 | tablespoon |
lemon juice
|
|
1 | cup |
walnuts
Chopped |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
414 | ml |
unbleached all-purpose flour
sifted |
|
473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
177 | ml |
cocoa powder
baking |
|
1E+1 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
5 | ml |
salt
|
|
2 | each |
eggs
|
|
118 | ml |
vegetable oil
|
|
237 | ml |
coffee
black, strong |
|
237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
59 | ml |
butter
or regular margarine |
|
86.7 | ml/g |
semi-sweet chocolate
3 blocks, null, null |
|
1 | each |
eggs
Large |
|
473 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
15 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
15 | ml |
lemon juice
|
|
237 | ml |
walnuts
Chopped |
Directions
Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, oil, coffee, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer set at medium speed for 3 minutes. Pour batter into greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Bake in preheated 350℉ (180℃) oven for 40 minutes or until the cake tests done. Cool in pan on rack. Frost with Hundred Dollar Frosting. Cut into squares.
HUNDRED DOLLAR FROSTING: Combine butter and semisweet choclolate in a double boiler top. Place over hot water, stirring until melted. Remove and cool well. Add egg and stir vigorously. Stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla and lemon juice. Beat until smooth. Stir in walnuts and frost cake with icing.