Very Moist Chocolate Cake with Frosting
Very Moist Chocolate Cake with Frosting recipe
Yield
24 servingsPrep
15 minCook
30 minReady
2½ hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 ½ | cups |
sugar
divided |
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
water
|
|
| 1 | ounce |
unsweetened chocolate
unsweetened |
|
| ¾ | cup |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2 ¼ | cups |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
cream of tartar
|
|
| 1 | bag |
frosting
or to taste, mocha |
* |
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 591 | ml |
sugar
divided |
|
| 45 | ml |
water
|
|
| 28.9 | ml/g |
unsweetened chocolate
unsweetened |
|
| 177 | ml |
butter
or margarine, softened |
|
| 4 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 532 | ml |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 2.5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 237 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
cream of tartar
|
|
| 1 | bag |
frosting
or to taste, mocha |
* |
Directions
Grease three 9-inch round cakepans, and line with wax paper.
Grease and flour wax paper. Set aside.
Combine ½ cup sugar, water, and chocolate in a small saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate melts.
Cool.
Cream butter; gradually add remaining 2 cups sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture.
Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Mix after each addition.
Beat egg whites until frothy; add cream of tartar, and beat until stiff peaks form.
Gently fold into batter.
Pour batter into prepared cakepans.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.
Spread Mocha Frosting between cake.
