Description

Beatty's Chocolate Cake Recipe | Ina Garten

Ingredients

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1 3/4 c all-purpose flour

2 c sugar

3/4 c cocoa, unsweetened

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp salt

2 large eggs

1 c buttermilk

1/2 c butter, melted

1 Tbsp vanilla extract

1 c hot coffee

Chocolate Frosting:

6 ounces good semisweet chocolate (recommended: Callebaut)

1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

1 extra-large egg yolk, at room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2-9 inch baking pans or line with parchment paper circles and set aside.
In a large bowl of a standing mixer stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla extract and beat until smooth about 3 minutes.
Remove bowl from mixer and stir in hot coffee with a rubber spatula. Batter will be very runny.
Pour batter evenly between the 2 pans and bake on the middle rack of oven for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean with just a few moist crumbs attached.
Allow to cool 15 minutes in pans then run a butter knife around the edges of each cake. Place a wire cooling rack over top of each pan.
Wearing oven mitts use both hands to hold the racks in place while flipping the cakes over onto the racks.
Set the racks down and gently thump on the bottom of the pans until the cakes release. Cool completely before handling or frosting.
Frosting: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until light yellow and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and continue beating for 3 minutes. Turn the mixer to low, gradually add the confectioners' sugar, then beat at medium speed, scraping down the bowl as necessary, until smooth and creamy. Dissolve the coffee powder in 2 teaspoons of the hottest tap water. On low speed, add the chocolate and coffee to the butter mixture and mix until blended. Don't whip! Spread immediately on the cooled cake.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 slice