Chocolate Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

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This is my secret ingredient in a multitude of baked goods. If I’m making cookies, brownies, cake, icing, even muffins, and I want them to taste extra special, I add a teaspoon of butter flavoring to them. I tend to use this particular type because it is clear and therefore won’t alter the color of my icing if I am making white, but you can use any type you find. Mine comes from the craft department at Wal Mart but they also sell it under different brands on the baking aisle and I’ve used many brands before, always with the same success.
If a recipe calls for vanilla, you can use this in place of it or you can just add a bit of this in addition to it. Your preference. You just can’t go wrong with butter flavoring, seriously!
Note: If you don’t have butter flavoring on hand, it costs around $2 at Wal Mart. Feel free to just use vanilla in its place though, both in this cake and in the icing.
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Ingredients

  • 1 Box any flavor of chocolate cake mix (I use Duncan Hines)
  • 1 Cup sour cream
  • 1/2 Cup milk
  • 1/4 Cup oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1-2 tsp butter flavoring (can substitute vanilla)
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 2 heaping T cocoa powder, plus more for dusting pans
  • 8 ounces cream cheese (For Icing)
  • 1 stick margarine or butter (For Icing)
  • 3 1/2 to 4 cups confectioner's sugar (For Icing)
  • 1-2 tsp butter flavoring (can substitute Vanilla) (For Icing)

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 350.
2.Grease pans with shortening and dust with cocoa powder. Combine all ingredients into mixing bowl, except chocolate chips. Mix about two minutes, or until well blended. Mix in chocolate chips. Divide evenly among prepared pans and let cook until done, about 25 minutes. Let sit in pans for ten minutes before turning out to cool completely.
3.For Icing: Soften cream cheese and margarine by leaving out on counter until it reaches room temperature. Combine the two in a mixing bowl and mix until well blended. Add sugar. Mix until smooth. Add flavoring and mix some more until well incorporated and icing is creamy. Ice cooled cake.

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