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Chocolate Cake

Name: Chocolate Cake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Cake: 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar, ¾ cup cocoa powder, 2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup buttermilk, 2 eggs, 1 cup hot coffee; Frosting: 1 cup butter, 4 cups powdered sugar, ½ cup cocoa, ¼ cup heavy cream, 2 tsp vanilla

Rich, moist, deeply chocolatey

Time: 1½ hrs Serves: 12

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Ingredients

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Cake: 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar, ¾ cup cocoa powder, 2 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup buttermilk, 2 eggs, 1 cup hot coffee
Frosting: 1 cup butter, 4 cups powdered sugar, ½ cup cocoa, ¼ cup heavy cream, 2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

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Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9-inch pans.
Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt.
Add oil, buttermilk, eggs. Beat .
Stir in hot coffee (batter will be thin).
Divide between pans. Bake .
Cool , turn out onto racks.
Frosting: Beat butter until fluffy. Add sugar, cocoa, cream, vanilla.
Frost cooled layers.

Notes

Hot coffee intensifies chocolate flavor.
Batter is very thin - that's correct.

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