Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 3 tablespoons buttermilk
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º. grease and flour two 9- inch cake pans.
• 2 sift the flour, baking soda and salt into a bowl; set aside.
• 3 using an electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth. add the sugar and continue to heat until light and fluffy.
• 4 add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5 beat in the vanilla, then the chocolate.
• 6 beat in the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
• 7 spoon equal amounts of batter into each cake pan, spreading it to level the top.
• 8 bake for 22 to 25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cakes.
• 9 cool in the pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. invert and remove pans; cool the cakes completely on racks before frosting.
• 10 spread the frosting bctween the layers, around the sides and on top of the cake.
• 11 for frosting: beat sugar, salt and butter together in a bowl. slowly add buttermilk and mix until well blended and smooth. blend in chocolate and vanilla.
• 12 if the frosting is too runny, add more powdered sugar one tbsp at a time. if it's too thick, add buttermilk one teaspoon at a time.