Chocolate Velvet Cake

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

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup dutch process cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating until blended. add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended.
• 2 combine cake flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. beat at low speed until blended after each addition. stir in vanilla.
• 3 pour 7 cups batter into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan, reserving remaining 1 cup batter.
• 4 bake at 350°f for 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely on wire rack.
• 5 note: prepare cake batter 1 1/2 more times; stir in reserved 1 cup batter. repeat procedure for baking the second 13- x 9-inch layer. spoon 3 cups batter into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch pan. bake at 350°f for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. repeat procedure with remaining batter for baking the second 9- x 5-inch layer.
• 6 yield 1 (13- x 9-inch) layer (8 cups batter).