the great chocolate cake
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Actually this was a 6 layer cake but my hubby and I ate one to make sure it was good. Our neighbor came over to taste test and about fell off his chair. "It's a sign" There was no way we could eat all this cake so I gifted our local hardware store. A customer approached the counter and asked if it was real! LOL
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yield
16 - 24
Ingredients For the great chocolate cake
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6 lgeggs (at room temp)
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3 csugar
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6 Tbspreal unsalted butter (softened)
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3 cvegetable oil
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1 1/2 cunsweetened dark chocolate cocoa powder
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1 1/2 cbuttermilk
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3 tspreal vanilla extract
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6 3/4 call purpose flour
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4 1/2 tspbaking powder
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4 1/2 tspbaking soda
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3/4 tspsalt
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3 cboiling water
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3 cregular or semi sweet chocolate chips
How To Make the great chocolate cake
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour six 8" round baking pans.
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2Add first seven ingredients into a mixing bowl, mixing well in between each ingredient.
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3Sift flour, baking powder and soda, and salt and add to the mixing bowl.
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4Gently mix with a wooden spoon the boiling water. make sure everything is well blended.
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5Pour batter equally into each of the pans.
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6Sprinkle 1/2 cup chocolate chips on top of the batter in each pan.
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7Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
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8Let cakes cool for 10 minutes on a rack, then remove from pans. (the chocolate chips will need to set a bit first) -
9Prepare your whipped cream frosting. I use "Pastry Pride" found at Smart & Final in Arizona, but you can buy already prepared whipped cream frosting in the bakery section at your local grocery bakery.
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10After CAREFULLY stacking your layers, adding your whipped cream frosting between each one, use long wooden skewers to help hold them in place. (I used three).
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11Put in the frig to set up a bit before you continue with the exterior frosting.
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12After you finished the exterior frosting you can compliment yourself on making such a giant delicious cake! You can also use a chocolate fudge frosting!
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13Enjoy! ***Do what I did, eat one and stack 5! LOL ***You can also make 2 three layer cakes.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
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