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The Best Chocolate Cake Ever!

Includes Cinnamon Filling & Frosting

Batch Size

1 two-layer cake

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Cake:
    1. Sift together:
      • Flour
      • Sugar
      • Baking soda
      • Salt
    2. Bring to a boil:
      • Butter
      • Cocoa
      • Water
    3. Mix the hot liquid with the dry ingredients.
    4. Mix eggs in one at a time:
      • Temper the batter so you don't get scrambled eggs in your cake.
    5. Add:
      • Buttermilk
      • Vanilla
    6. Bake in two layers at 350°F for approximately 25 minutes:
      • Be careful not to over bake the cake.
    7. Fill with cinnamon filling and frost with chocolate frosting (see below).
  2. Chocolate Frosting:
    1. Cook butter, cocoa, and buttermilk until the butter is melted.
    2. Beat in enough powdered sugar to make it stiff.
    3. Stir vanilla into the frosting.
  3. Cinnamon Filling:
    1. Mix together in a saucepan:
      • Sugar
      • Egg
      • Cinnamon
      • Cocoa
      • Cornstarch
      • Egg yolks
    2. Add milk gradually.
    3. Cook until thick.
    4. Cool and spread between cake layers.