Fudgy Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 6 ounces chocolate, for garnish, finely grated and chilled
• 1 cup unsalted butter, soft
• 1 cup sugar, plus
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa, plus
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 pint heavy cream
• 10 1/2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken in pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. grease the base of two 8" round cake pans. line with parchment. combine butter, sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and eggs in a large bowl. using an electric mixer on med. speed, beat until smooth. beat 2 minutes divide batter between pans.
• 2 bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick test comes clean. cool in pans 1 minute turn out onto racks, peel off parchment, and cool completely.
• 3 for frosting, heat heavy cream just until it comes to a boil. remove from heat. add broken semisweet chocolate and stir until melted. let cool. chill for 30 mins., then whisk until thickened to a spreadable consistency. use one third of frosting between layers and rest to frost top and sides of cake. sprinkle grated chocolate on top.