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I am looking for a recipe for Buttermilk Cocoa Cake. My aunt used to make it when we were kids. It is a very rich chocolate cake with homemade icing. Does anyone have a recipe like this?

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Old Fashioned Cocoa Cake

Category: Chocolate Cake

Serves/Makes: 15

Ready In: 30-60 minutes

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup cocoa

1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cup buttermilk

3/4 cup mayonnaise

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

***Frosting:***

4 ounces semisweet chocolate squares

2 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares

2 cups powdered sugar

3/4 cup margarine -- softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:
Grease 13 x 9" metal pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In a medium bowl with a wire whisk mix buttermilk, mayonnaise, vanilla and eggs until almost smooth. With spoon stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until batter is smooth. Spoon batter into baking pan. Bake at 350 F. for 35-40 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack.

Frosting: In heavy small saucepan, melt semisweet chocolate and unsweetened chocolate over a low heat. Remove saucepan from heat, cool chocolate to room temperature. In a large bowl with mixer at low speed, beat powdered sugar, margarine, and vanilla until almost combined. Add melted cooled chocolate; increase speed to high and beat about 1 minute until fluffy and light.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 463 Calories; 24g Fat (45.0% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 62g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 30mg Cholesterol; 438mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 3 1/2 Fat; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

That sounds very similar to what I am looking for.

Thanks!

Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake with Chocolate Icing

From chef and author Emeril Lagasse

September 17, 2004

It's the perfect cake for an anniversary, birthday or to simply celebrate!

Ingredients

14 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/4 cups buttermilk

2 tablespoons brewed espresso or strong coffee,
cooled

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar

2 large eggs

Chocolate Icing

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350degrees F. Butter two 9-inch cake pans with 2 tablespoons of the butter and lightly flour with 2 tablespoons of the flour, knocking out the excess flour.

Sift the remaining 2 cups flour, the cocoa, baking soda and salt into a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, coffee, and vanilla.

In a large bowl, cream together the remaining 12 tablespoons butter and the sugar, beating about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternating, add the wet and dry ingredients, beginning and ending with the flour mixture, beating at low speed just until combined, being careful not to overwork.

Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake until the cake is just set and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 22 to 24 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling.

Set one cake on a cake plate or platter and top with about one-third of the icing, spreading evenly out to the edges. Top with the second cake and frost the top and sides with the remaining icing.

Makes one 9-inch cake, 10 to 12 servings.

Chocolate Icing

1 pound confectioners' sugar

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 stick unsalted butter, softened

6 tablespoons milk

2 tablespoons brewed espresso or strong coffee,
cooled

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Sift the sugar and cocoa into a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and blend with a hand-held mixer on low speed until smooth and creamy. Use to frost the cake.

Makes enough frosting for one 9-inch layer cake

Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse