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Ingredients
- Double Vanilla Cake
- 8 * 8 ounces butter
- 2 * 2 cups sugar
- 4 * 4 eggs
- 4 * 4 tablespoons vanilla
- 4 * 4 cups flour
- 4 * 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 * 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 * 1 cup milk
- Dark Chocolate Frosting
- 16 * 16 ounces dark chocolate
- 8 * 8 ounces butter
- 2 * 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 * 1 cup cream
- 1 * 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 8 * 8 cups confectioners’ sugar
Preparation
Step 1
Double Vanilla Cake
1. Preheat your oven to 350 F.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
1. 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.