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Double Chocolate Cake - This decadent, double chocolate cake is a “Must Try”, for chocolate lovers. Rich, moist chocolate cake, and thick, creamy frosting, all homemade by you, in this Two-for-One recipe. The hardest part about this choclate cake recipe is the waiting time, for it to cool!
Cook Time: 20 mins
Servings: 6-8
Main Ingredient: Chocolate Cake, frosting
Difficulty Level: 3 |
Ingredients to make Double Chocolate Cake
CAKE:
5 oz Semisweet chocolate
1/2 c Butter, softened
2 tb Butter, softened
1 c Sugar
1 pn Salt
1 pn Ground cinnamon
1 pn Lemon peel, grated
6 Eggs, separated
1 c All-purpose Flour, sifted
FROSTING:
8 tb Butter
7 oz Semisweet chocolate
2 Eggs, beaten
3 c Powdered sugar, sifted
1/4 c Rum
Directions to make Double Chocolate Cake
Step 1:Line 14×10 inch cake pan with waxed paper and grease paper. Preheat oven to 350F.
Step 2:CAKE…. Melt chocolate in double boiler over low heat. In a large bowl, cream butter and half the sugar until light and fluffy. Add salt, cinnamon and lemon peel. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, with melted chocolate.
Step 3:Beat egg whites until stiff; fold in remaining sugar. Fold egg white mixture into creamed mixture with flour. Spread batter evenly in prepared cake pan. Bake 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Step 4:Sprinkle a sheet of waxed paper with sugar and turn out cake onto it. Peel off lining paper. Cool 2 hours, then cut cooled cake lengthwise into two 14×5 strips.
Step 5:FROSTING… Melt butter, cool slightly. Finely grate chocolate. Mix chocolate, eggs, powdered sugar, butter and rum in double boiler. Stir constantly over low heat until chocolate has melted and all ingredients are thoroughly combined. Cool.
Step 6:Place the two 14×5 strips on top of one another, with about half of the frosting used as filling. Spread remaining frosting thickly over top. Cut into slices when frosting is firm.
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Tags: Baking, Butter, Choclate, Cinnamon, Citrus, Eggs, Fancy, Flour, Frosting, Icing, Kid Friendly, Lemon, Moist, Party, Rum, Simple, Sugar
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Black Velvet Cake - The sweet, rich, choclate cake mix recipe, is so, so chocolately, it is heavenly! Three different kinds of chocolate here; chocolate chips, chocolate pudding, and devils food chocolate cake mix! Everyone always finds room for this decadent dessert!
Prep Time: 5-10 mins
Cook Time: 60-70 mins
Servings: 6-8
Main Ingredient: Chocolate Cake Mix
Difficulty Level: 1 |
Ingredients to make Black Velvet Cake
2 cups slivered almonds, slightly toasted
12 ounces chocolate chips
1 package devil’s food cake mix
1 package instant chocolate pudding, (3 1/2 oz)
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions to make Black Velvet Cake
Step 1:Sprinkle 1/2 cup almonds on bottom of greased 10-inch tube pan. Set aside rest of almonds and chocolate chips. Place remaining ingredients in mixer bowl. Beat 4 minutes.
Step 2:Fold in chips and almonds, then pour into pan. Bake in 350 F oven 60 to 70 minutes. Cool 15 minutes and remove from pan.
Step 3:SERVING SUGGESTION: Serve with topping of whipped cream if desired. OR A nice touch would be to puncture finished cake with long-tined fork. Dribble over cake about 1/4 cup Kahlua. Then serve with sweetened whipped cream flavored with almond or vanilla extract.
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Tags: Almonds, Baking, Cake Mix, Chocolate Chips, Cinnamon, Easy, Eggs, Pudding, Simple, Sour Cream, Vanilla
