Amanda's Extreme Chocolate Cake
Source of Recipe
Allrecipes
Recipe Introduction
My niece begged me to make a chocolate cake for Christmas 09. I found the perfect recipe and was even surprised myself how well it turned out. It is not difficult to make either. Hope someone gives it a try. If you love chocolate you will like it.
List of Ingredients
2 cups white sugar
1-3/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup boiling hot coffee
For Icing;
3/4 cup butter
1-1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
5-1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
2/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans. In bowl mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes. Stir in the boiling coffee by hand. Pour into pans and bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes and make icing.
In bowl cream butter until light and fluffy. sir in cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency. Split the layers of the cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate and frost the outside of the cake.
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