Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Chocolate Moist Cake


Prep Time: one hour
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: one hour, 30 minutes
Yield: 24 servings


Ingredients:


two cups all-purpose flour
two cups sugar
one cup butter
three Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
one cup water
two eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup buttermilk
one tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
two tsp. vanilla extract
Marshmallow Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
7 oz. jar marshmallow fluff or marshmallow cream
two Tbsp. shaved chocolate for garnish (optional)

Preparation:


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking dish.

Mix flour and sugar together in a gigantic mixing bowl. Place butter, cocoa and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Add to flour mixture, mixing well.

Make marshmallow frosting: With an electric mixer, beat butter until fluffy. On low speed, beat in about one-third of the powdered sugar. Add the remaining powdered sugar, beating until incorporated. Beat in marshmallow cream.

Beat in eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Pour in to prepared pan. Bake 20-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out tidy. Chilled cake .

Frost damp chocolate cake with marshmallow frosting. Top with chocolate shavings, if desired.

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