Best Chocolate Cake Ever Recipe

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Ingredients
20
Count
Nutrition
623
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Chocolate Buttercream, recipe follows
  2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 (8-inch) round cake pans. Line with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pans.
  3. Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed until combined. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. With mixer still on low, add the coffee and stir just to combine, scraping the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then turn them out onto a cooling rack and cool completely.
  4. Place 1 layer, flat side up, on a flat plate or cake pedestal. With a knife or offset spatula, spread the top with frosting. Place the second layer on top, rounded side up, and spread the frosting evenly on the top and sides of the cake.
  5. Buttercream:
  6. Chop the chocolate and place it in a heat-proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir until just melted and set aside until cooled to room temperature.
  7. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until light yellow and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and continue beating for 3 minutes. Turn the mixer to low, gradually add the confectioners' sugar, then beat at medium speed, scraping down the bowl as necessary, until smooth and creamy. Dissolve the coffee powder in 2 teaspoons of the hottest tap water. On low speed, add the chocolate and coffee to the butter mixture and mix until blended. Don't whip! Spread immediately on the cooled cake.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 622.92 Kcal (2608 kJ)
Calories from fat 267.14 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 29.68g 46%
Cholesterol 88.3mg 29%
Sodium 755.77mg 31%
Potassium 426.7mg 9%
Total Carbs 85.36g 28%
Sugars 57.31g 229%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Protein 8.61g 17%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 116.3mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 304.65 Kcal (1276 kJ)
Calories from fat 130.65 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.52g 46%
Cholesterol 43.19mg 29%
Sodium 369.62mg 31%
Potassium 208.68mg 9%
Total Carbs 41.75g 28%
Sugars 28.03g 229%
Dietary Fiber 1.47g 12%
Protein 4.21g 17%
Iron 0.8mg 9%
Calcium 56.9mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.3
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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