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Rich Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 c. Sugar
- 1/4 c. Cocoa
- 1/2 c. Buttermilk
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- 1/4 lb Butter, unsalted
- 1 x Egg
- 1 c. Flour, Cake
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 pch Salt
- 2 ounce Chocolate, bittersweet
- 1/4 c. Cream, Heavy
- 1/4 tsp Vanilla
Directions
- Servings: 10 Fat
- serving: Marks:*DIRECTIONS*
- Preparations: Divide sugar and buttermilk as below. Beat egg. Soften butter. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Butter and flour and 2-inch deep, 8-inch round cake pan and set aside. Beat 1/2 c. sugar, cocoa, 1/4 c. buttermilk, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, combine butter and 1/2 c. sugar; beat till light and creamy. Add in beaten egg a little at a time, beating till smooth between each addition. Beat in the cocoa mix.
- Combine cake flour, baking soda, and salt. Resift together and beat into the butter/cocoa mix in two parts alternating with 1/4 c. buttermilk. Pour batter into prepared pan and bate at 375 degrees for 30 - 35 min. Let cake rest a few min before turning out onto a cake rack to cold.
- For a glaze: In a double boiler, heat chocolate, cream, and vanilla.
- Stir till smooth and let cold to hot. Pour over cake.
- If desire, before glazing, split cake in half and spread your choice of filling between the layers.
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