Cupcake Cafe Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter
• 2 1/3 cups granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 7 eggs
• 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 4 1/2 cups pastry flour (or use 2/3 all-purpose flour and 1/3 cake flour)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/3 cups buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 butter two 10-inch round layer cake pans and dust them with cocoa.
• 2 or butter and line with parchment.
• 3 preheat the oven to 350° f.
• 4 cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
• 5 beat in the eggs, then melt the chocolate in a double boiler over simmering water and allow it to cool.
• 6 sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cocoa.
• 7 add the vanilla to the buttermilk.
• 8 add the cooled melted chocolate to the eggs and butter.
• 9 then alternately mix in the dry ingredients and the buttermilk.
• 10 fill your pans about half full with batter.
• 11 bake in the preheated oven about 40 to 45 minutes.
• 12 insert a straw or cake tester into the centers of layers.
• 13 if it comes out clean (i. e., without any batter sticking to it) the cake is done and should be removed from the oven.
• 14 the cakes can also be tested for doneness by pressing on them gently in the center.
• 15 if they have a slightly springy feel, they are ready to come out.
• 16 cool and frost as desired.