Best-Ever Chocolate Cake
Best-Ever Chocolate Cake

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, best-ever chocolate cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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In a large saucepan melt semisweet chocolate pieces and butter over low heat, stirring frequently. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. To make the icing, combine the milk and flour in a saucepan and cook until thick, stirring often to prevent it from being lumpy.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook best-ever chocolate cake using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Best-Ever Chocolate Cake:
  1. Get Cake
  2. Prepare 2 cup all-purpose flour
  3. Take 2 cup granulated sugar
  4. Get 1/2 cup unsweetened coco powder
  5. Get 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp salt
  7. Make ready 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  8. Make ready 1 cup milk
  9. Take 1/2 cup cold black coffee
  10. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
  11. Make ready 2 large eggs
  12. Take Frosting
  13. Take 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  14. Take 1/2 cup softened buttet
  15. Make ready 1/2 cup light corn syrup
  16. Prepare 1/2 cup teaspoon salt
  17. Get 1/4 cup warm water
  18. Take 4 cup confectioner`s sugar
  19. Prepare 1 cup chopped walnuts, divided

I bake alot and this is the BEST chocolate cake recipe i have ever tried! Instead of butter icing, try a chocolate glaze over the cake just before its completely cool so the glaze soaks in YUM! Beat the butter and sugar together. Add each egg in and beat well after each addition.

Instructions to make Best-Ever Chocolate Cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9inch cake pans. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
  2. Beat in the shortening with an electric mixer on low speed. Beat in milk, coffee and vanilla until combined. Increase speed to high and beat for 2 minutes . Add the eggs ; beat for 2 minutes.
  3. Pour the batter into the prepared pans; smooth with Spatula. Bake the cakes in the middle of the oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans for 5 minutes, then turn the cakes onto wire racks to cool completely.
  4. For the frosting, combine the cocoa powder, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt in large bowl. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add the warm warm warm water; mix well , Beat until the confectioners` sugar in two batches. Beat until smooth.
  5. Place one layer top side down on large flat plate. Spread with 1 cup of frosting; sprinkle with 2/3 cup walnuts. Top with the remaining cake layer, top side up. Frost the top and sides with the remaining frosting , swirling with a small spatula. Garnish the cake with the remaining walnuts.
  6. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Beat the butter and sugar together. Add each egg in and beat well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients a little at a time. Add half of the milk, beat, and add the other half. Spread the batter into prepared cake pans.

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