Mile high chocolate cake
Mile high chocolate cake

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At low speed, mix in melted chocolate until incorporated, then. Line bottom of each pan with parchment paper round; butter parchment. Dust pans with flour; tap out excess. How to Make Mile-High Chocolate Cake.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mile high chocolate cake using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mile high chocolate cake:
  1. Make ready 5 ounces fine-quality unsweetened chocolate, chopped
  2. Get 2 1/4 sticks unsalted butter, softened
  3. Prepare 2 3/4 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising; sift before measuring)
  4. Get 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
  5. Prepare 2 teaspoons baking soda
  6. Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder
  7. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
  8. Make ready 4 large eggs, at room temperature (30 minutes)
  9. Prepare 1 cup granulated sugar
  10. Take 1 cup packed light brown sugar
  11. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  12. Take 2 cups sour cream
  13. Make ready For frosting:
  14. Make ready 1 cup sugar
  15. Get 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  16. Get 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
  17. Take 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  18. Get 4 ounces fine-quality unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
  19. Prepare 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
  20. Get 6 sticks (1 1/2 pound) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  21. Make ready Equipment: 2 (8 by 2-inch) round cake pans

Beautiful, delicious, and surprisingly easy, this cake is sure to be the star. Butter cake pans, then line bottom of each with a round of parchment paper and butter parchment. Melt chocolate with butter, then cool. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.

Steps to make Mile high chocolate cake:
  1. Make cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in middle. Butter cake pans, then line bottom of each with a round of parchment paper and butter parchment. Flour pans, knocking out excess. Melt chocolate with butter, then cool. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  2. Beat eggs, sugars, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and thick, 3 to 5 minutes. At low speed, mix in melted chocolate until incorporated, then add flour mixture in 3 batches alternately with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until each addition is just incorporated. Spread batter evenly in pans several times on counter to eliminate air bubbles.
  3. Bake until cakes pull away from sides of pans and a wooden pick inserted in center of each comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
  4. Cool in pans on a rack 10 minutes, then run a knife around edges of pans. Invert onto racks and discard parchment, then cool completely, about 1 hour.
  5. Make frosting and assemble cake: Whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, and a pinch of salt in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, then add milk and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture boils, and is smooth and thick, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in chocolate and vanilla until smooth. Transfer to a bowl to cool to room temperature, covering surface with parchment paper to prevent a skin from forming.
  6. Beat butter with an electric mixer until creamy, then add cooled chocolate mixture a little at a time, beating until frosting is fluffy and spreadable.
  7. Cut each cake layer horizontally into 2 layers with a long serrated knife. Put 1 layer on a cake stand or large plate and spread top with 1 1/4 cups frosting. Repeat with 2 more layers, then add remaining layer and spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
  8. Cheat: if you wish: instead of making the frosting, use Duncan Hines Milk or Dark Chocolate Frosting. Enjoy!
  9. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Melt chocolate with butter, then cool. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mile-High Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream. By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. I would recommend this cake to everyone, and it makes plenty to share with your neighbors, too.

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