Summer Celebration Chocolate Cake
Yield
18 servingsPrep
10 minCook
30 minReady
40 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ¾ | cups |
cake flour
|
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
vegetable oil
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
applesauce
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
water
hot |
|
| 1 | x |
chocolate frosting
recipe follows |
* |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 414 | ml |
cake flour
|
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 79 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 118 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 59 | ml |
vegetable oil
|
|
| 59 | ml |
applesauce
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 177 | ml |
water
hot |
|
| 1 | x |
chocolate frosting
recipe follows |
* |
Directions
Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Spray 13x9x2-inch baking pan with vegetable cooking spray.
In large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, Add buttermilk, oil, applesauce and vanilla, then water. Beat on medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 25 to 28 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Frost with QUICK CHOCOLATE FROSTING. QUICK CHOCOLATE FROSTING: 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened 1¾ cups powdered sugar 3 tablespoons cocoa 2 to 3 tablespoons boiling water ½ teaspoon vanilla extract In medium bowl, beat butter. Gradually add powdered sugar and cocoa alternately with water and vanilla, beating until smooth of and desired consistency.
