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Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe


Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe
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My stepmoms recipe, this was always a favorite for her to make. She used to serve this cake topped with fresh strawberries sprinkled with sugar with whipped cream.

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Ingredients
  • 1 cup plus tsp unsweetened cocoa powder divided
  • 2 cups each of all-purpose flour and sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter melted
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract divided
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/8 tsp salt divided
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 2 cups whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened dutch cocoa powder

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Grease 13 x 9 baking pan.
  3. Combine flour gran. sugar, remaining cocoa,butter,eggs,1 tsp salt in large bowl and mix well.
  4. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water in a bowl. Add flour mixture and mix well. Spoon batter intp prepared baking pan.
  5. Bake about 35 min until done. Let stand to cool.
  6. Beat 1 2/3 cups whipping cream in a mixer bowl on high speed until stiff peaks form. Combine remaining whipping cream,powdered sug,dutch cocoa, remaining vanilla and remaining salt in a bowl and mix well. Fold into whipped cream. Spread over cake.

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You can never have too many chocolate cake recipes. Bookmarked it. Thanks for sharing. :)


I agree..... never enough chocolate cake recipes....love them all....


Putting strawberries on top, oh mercyyyyy, thats my way of eating! Nothing like chocolate and strawberries! I like this recipe!


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