Double Vanilla Cake with Dark Chocolate Icing

By maredan

Ingredients

• Double Vanilla Cake
• 8 ounces butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 tablespoons vanilla
• 4 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• Dark Chocolate Frosting
• 16 ounces dark chocolate
• 8 ounces butter
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 cup cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 8 cups confectioners’ sugar

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Directions
Double Vanilla Cake
Preheat your oven to 350 F.
Using a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until smooth and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time, incorporating each before adding the next. Add the vanilla.
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt together. Add to the wet ingredients along with the milk. Beat everything for a few moments until smooth once again. Divide the batter evenly between two 9-inch cake pans that have been oiled and floured. You may also bake the cake in a single 9x13-inch pan and just frost the top surface.
Bake for 50 minutes. Cool for a few moments than carefully invert the pans removing the cake. Cool completely before frosting with a batch of Dark Chocolate Icing.
Dark Chocolate Frosting
Toss the chocolate, butter and cocoa into a bowl set over a pot of simmering water. This will insulate the chocolate from the direct damaging heat of the flame while it melts. Pour the melted chocolate into a mixing bowl along with the cream and vanilla. Gradually beat in the confectioners’ sugar. Continue beating until the icing is spreadable.