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Chocolate Lover's Cake With Chocolate Buttercream Icing

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Recipe Summary Chocolate Lover's Cake With Chocolate Buttercream Icing

Very rich and very very chocolaty!

Ingredients | Chocolate Tortoise

8 (1 ounce) squares baking chocolate

2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

¾ cup cocoa powder

1 cup sour cream

1 cup cold coffee

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup heavy whipping cream

4 (1 ounce) squares baking chocolate

⅓ cup cold coffee

2 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

1 cup butter, softened

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 9-inch round baking pans.

Combine 8 ounces baking chocolate and 2 tablespoons cream in a saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy; mix in sour cream, 1 cup coffee, eggs, and vanilla extract. Slowly beat in melted chocolate mixture until combined.

Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; beat flour mixture into butter mixture until well combined and smooth. Pour batter into the 3 prepared baking pans.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Heat 1/2 cup cream and 4 ounces baking chocolate together in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in 1/3 cup coffee. Refrigerate mixture until completely cooled, about 30 minutes.

Beat confectioners' sugar and 1 cup butter into cooled chocolate mixture in a large bowl until fluffy; add more confectioners' sugar until desired consistency is reached.

Place 1 cake on a serving platter; spread icing on top of cake. Repeat layering with remaining cake and icing; spread icing on top and sides of entire layered cake.

Info | Chocolate Tortoise

prep: 30 mins cook: 30 mins additional: 1 hr total: 2 hrs Servings: 16 Yield: 1 9-inch layer cake

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