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Recipe|Cake|BEST EVER CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

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Best Ever Chocolate Cake

Best Ever Chocolate Cake

This is the best ever chocolate cake recipe made with a delectable cream cheese and chocolate chip frosting, topped with mini chocolate chips and crushed walnut pieces. In our family, this is definitely a “chocolate cake” favorite. This recipe makes for a great birthday cake served with vanilla bean ice cream.

Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 cup butter (2 sticks)

2 cups granulated white sugar

1 cup unsweetened cooking cocoa powder

1 cup boiling water

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 cup milk

1 tablespoon vinegar

1 cup + 2 TBSP miniature chocolate chips

1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)

 

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Best Ever Chocolate Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and oven rack should be placed in the center of oven. With small amount of room temp butter, or oil, grease two- 9-inch round cake pans, then flour.
  2. In heatproof bowl or cooking pan place the butter, sugar, cocoa powder. Pour hot boiling water over the butter, sugar, and cocoa powder then whisk together until mixed smoothly. Set aside to cool down a bit before adding to the rest of the batter.
  3. Pour milk in measuring cup; add vinegar to sour milk, set aside.
  4. In mixing bowl place all dry ingredients–flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, then stir to mix.
  5. Crack eggs in separate bowl to ensure no shell pieces get in the eggs.  Add eggs, vanilla, and milk-vinegar mixture to dry ingredients, mix.
  6. Pour cooled down (butter, sugar, cocoa, and hot water mixture) in the rest of the cake mix. Stir only until mixed.
  7. Pour batter evenly between the two prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the cakes center comes out clean (do not overcook). Remove from oven, place on cooling rack for 10 minutes; carefully remove from pans and place one cake layer, top side down, on large plate.
  8. Frost the top and side of the first cake layer with cream cheese frosting, sprinkle ½ cup of mini chocolate chips over the top of the frosting, and when the chocolate begins to melt, use a knife to spread the chocolate through the top of the frosting; mixing the two together in swirling motion. Then place the other cake layer on top, frosting the top and sides, blending the frosting on both layers together all around the sides of the cake. Place the other ½ cup of chocolate chips on top of cake, when chocolate starts to melt repeat the same method as the first layer, pulling the chocolate through the cream cheese frosting mixing the two in a swirling motion. Sprinkle top with remaining 2 tablespoons of mini chocolate chips and walnut pieces. Slice and serve with vanilla ice cream.
Chocolate Sauce

Making chocolate sauce

Rated: 5- Star   

Photos By: Virginia Wright

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 30 to 35 minutes

Serves: 12

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Recipe | Cake | Wicked Good Whoopie Pies

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Whoopie Pie

Wicked Good Whoopie Pies

Summary: Ayuh, Another Good Old Fashioned Recipe…Whoopie Pies, are one of my family’s favorite desserts, one that they ALWAYS ask me to bake whenever we all get together! Whoopie Pies are easy to make, just time consuming– so set aside a whole afternoon for making this Old Fashioned New England Treat!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c. butter
  • 3 c. w. granulated sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 c. dark baking cocoa
  • 7 c. +/- unbleached all purpose flour
  • 3 tsp. baking powder
  • 3 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tbsp. pure vanilla
  • 3 c. milk – 3 tbsp.
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt (optional)
Baking Whoopie Pies

Baking Whoopie Pies

Milk – Filling #1:

  • 6 c. powdered (confectioner’s) sugar
  • 3 sticks butter
  • 3 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 – 1 c. milk (depends on desired consistency)

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Egg Whites – Filling #2

  • 3 sticks butter
  • 6 c. powdered (confectioner’s) sugar
  • 6 egg whites
  • 6 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. In large mixing bowl cream butter, sugar and eggs

    Testing Whoopie Pies

    Testing Whoopie Pies

  2. . In separate bowl mix cocoa, flour, baking powder, and baking soda.
  3. Add flour mixture two cups at time. After each flour addition add 1 cup of milk. Batter will be thick.
  4. Line a baking sheet with Parchment paper and spoon a heaping tbsp. of batter on the baking sheet, spacing your whoopie pie batter 2 inches apart.
  5. Bake in preheated 375 F degree oven for ten minutes.
  6. Test Whoopie Pie with wooden toothpick in the center, if it comes out clean– it’s probably done.
  7. Take out of oven and let cool on baking sheet before removing to cooling rack.
  8.  Frost one side of a whoopie and put cover on.
  9.  Wrap in wax paper, then plastic wrap or put in a sandwich bag.

 Milk – Filling #1 Instructions:

  1. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, and milk; stir in the vanilla extract and continue mixing until well blended.

Egg Whites -Filling #2 Instructions:

  1. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, salt, and egg whites; stir in the vanilla extract and continue mixing until well blended.

Cooking time: 10 minute(s)

My rating 5 stars:  ★★★★★ 1 review(s)

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-Virginia Wright

Author, Food Writer, Recipe Developer, Foodie & Queen of Recipe Adaptation

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Recipe| Cake| Dark Red Velvet Cake

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Dark Red Velvet Cake for Valentine’s Day

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Dark Red Velvet Cake – Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Recipe: Dark Red Velvet Cake

Summary: This Red Velvet Cake Recipe lends itself well to using at Valentine’s Day.  Simply buy your cupcake papers, (I bought cupcake papers with red hearts on them), and fill 3/4 of the way. Frost with your favorite cream cheese icing recipe!

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp. baking soda
  • 2- 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp. baking cocoa
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 ounces red food coloring
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup sweet milk, (regular milk)
  • 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar

Instructions

  1. Combine cocoa, flour, sugar, salt, food coloring and vanilla with butter.
  2. Beat in buttermilk; add eggs beaten with the sweet milk. Mix ingredients well with an electric mixer.
  3. Add vinegar and baking soda, stir thoroughly.
  4. Place in two greased and floured cake pans or cupcake papers.
  5. Bake at 325 approximately 25-30 minutes, or until cake tests done.
  6. Cool and frost with cream cheese icing.
  7. Top with chocolate chips and/or chopped walnuts.

Preparation time: 20 minute(s)

Cooking time: 25-30 minutes(s)

Number of servings (yield): 8

My rating 5 stars:  ★★★★★ 1 review(s)

Good Luck with your recipe! Visit often, to see what we are cooking up next!
-Virginia Wright

Author, Food Writer, Recipe Developer, Foodie & Queen of Recipe Adaptation

Cookbook $5.95 @Amazon 

© 2012 Virginia Wright. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.