The Best Chocolate Cake with Cream Filling & Chocolate Frosting
The Best Chocolate Cake with Cream Filling and Chocolate Frosting recipe
Yield
24 servingsPrep
40 minCook
30 minReady
2 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 2 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | cup |
butter
|
|
| 1 | cup |
water
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| ½ | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Cream filling | |||
| ½ | cup |
butter
|
|
| ½ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | large |
egg whites
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
milk
hot |
|
| Frosting | |||
| 1 ½ | cups |
powdered sugar
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
margarine
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
light corn syrup
|
|
| 2 | packages |
unsweetened chocolate
unsweetened, premelted |
*
|
| ½ | cup |
nuts
chopped |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 473 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 237 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 237 | ml |
water
|
|
| 59 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 118 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Cream filling | |||
| 59 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 118 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | small |
egg whites
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 59 | ml |
milk
hot |
|
| Frosting | |||
| 355 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 177 | ml |
margarine
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
|
|
| 45 | ml |
light corn syrup
|
|
| 2 | packages |
unsweetened chocolate
unsweetened, premelted |
*
|
| 118 | ml |
nuts
chopped |
|
Directions
Make cake:
Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
Sift flour, sugar, soda, baking powder, and salt.
Melt butter, water and cocoa. Bring to a boil; set aside for a few minutes.
Lightly beat eggs.
Add buttermilk and vanilla.
Beat all this into flour mix.
Beat in warm cocoa mixture.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes in 2 greased and floured cake pans.
Cool.
Make filling:
Cream butter.
Add sugar and beat well.
Add egg white (not beaten) and vanilla and beat well again.
Add hot milk 1 tablespoon at a time. Spread between layers.
Make frosting:
Combine all frosting ingredients and spread on cake.
