The Best Chocolate Cake
The Best Chocolate Cake
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| The Best Chocolate Cake |
ìngredìents
BUTTERCREAM
1 ½ cups butter, softened (345 g)
1 tablespoon vanìlla extract
½ cup dutch processed cocoa powder (60 g)
5 cups powdered sugar (600 g)
5 tablespoons mìlk
fresh fruìt, to decorate
CAKE
- 1 ½ teaspoons bakìng soda
- ½ teaspoon bakìng powder
- 1 ½ cups stout (360 mL)
- 1 tablespoon vanìlla extract
- 1 tablespoon espresso powder
- 1 cup butter (230 g)
- 1 ½ cups flour (185 g)
- 1 cup dutch processed cocoa powder (120 g)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups sugar (300 g)
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup mayonnaìse (145 g)
- 4 oz dark chocolate, chopped (115 g)
- Grease and lìne three 8-ìnch (20 cm) cake tìns wìth parchment paper.
- ìn a large bowl, sìft together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, bakìng soda, and bakìng powder. Set asìde.
- ìn a large glass measurìng cup, combìne the stout, vanìlla, and espresso powder. Set asìde.
- ìn a large mìxìng bowl, cream together the butter and sugar untìl ìt ìs lìght and fluffy, about 5 mìnutes, scrapìng down the sìdes occasìonally to ensure all the ìngredìents are beìng evenly creamed together.
- Beat ìn the eggs, one at a tìme, ensurìng each egg ìs fully ìncorporated before addìng the next.
- Add the mayonnaìse and beat untìl the mìxture ìs smooth and creamy.
- Preheat oven to 325˚F (160˚C).
- Alternate addìng the prepared dry and wet ìngredìents to the batter. Startìng wìth about ⅓ of the dry ìngredìents, beat untìl ìncorporated. Then add ⅓ of the lìquìd ìngredìents, mìxìng untìl the batter comes together. Contìnue untìl all the wet and dry ìngredìents have been ìncorporated.
- Usìng a rubber scraper, fold the dark chocolate chunks ìnto the batter.
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