Heritage Chocolate Cake
Details
- Time
- 3 hours
- Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Yields
- 1 cake
Bake the ultimate moist buttermilk chocolate cake. This elegant chocolate cake recipe is brought to life with buttermilk and cocoa powder, then coated with sweet chocolate frosting.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 22 minutes
- Bake Time
- 33 minutes
- Cool Time
- 2 hours
Ingredients
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2/3 cupbutter or margarine, softened
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1-3/4 cupssugar
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3eggs
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 cupsall-purpose flour
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1/2 cupHERSHEY'S Cocoa
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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1-1/2 cupsbuttermilkor sour milk*
Add a Garnish
Make our "Chocolate Frosting" to complete the recipe as shown in the image.
Step-By-Step Directions
1
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
2
Beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture, beating just until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pans.
3
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "Chocolate Frosting".
Tip
To sour milk: Use 4-1/2 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to equal 1-1/2 cups.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 slice (155g)Amount per servingCalories500% Daily Value*Total Fat 18g 23%Saturated Fat 10g 50%Trans Fat 0.5gCholesterol 95mg 32%Sodium 420mg 18%Total Carbohydrates 79g 29%Dietary Fiber 1g 4%Total Sugars 57gIncludes 56g Added Sugar 112%Protein 7gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 79mg 6%Iron 4mg 20%Potassium 85mg 2%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
