Chocolate Cake Layers Recipe
Ingredients
| Unsweetened cocoa | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Boiling water | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| All-Purpose Flour - 2 3/4 cups, sifted | ||
| Baking soda | 2 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Baking powder | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Butter/Margarine | 1 Cup (16 tbs), softened | |
| Sugar | 2 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Eggs | 4 | |
| Vanilla extract | 1 1 /2 Teaspoon | |
Directions
GETTING READY
1) In a medium bowl, add in cocoa into the boiling water. Mix it to get a smooth paste. Cool down completely.
2) Onto a waxed paper, sift together the baking soda, salt and baking powder.
3) Preheat the oven to 350F.
4) Grease three 9X1 1/2-inch layer-cake pans. Dust them lightly with flour.
MAKING
5) In a large bowl, add in butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat well scraping the sides occasionally, till the mixture becomes light and fluffy in about 5 minutes.
6) On low speed, beat in the 1/4 of the flour and 1/3 of the cocoa mixture alternatively into the wet ingredients. At the flour at the start and the end. Make sure not to overbeat the mixture.
7) Transfer the batter into the cake pans. Smoothen the tops and bake for about 30 minutes.
8) Allow the cake pans to cool down for 10 minutes. Loosen the edges of the cake with a spatula, before overturning them onto a wire rack to cool down completely.
SERVING
9) Serve the Chocolate Cake layers garnished with whipped cream and fruit toppings.
1) In a medium bowl, add in cocoa into the boiling water. Mix it to get a smooth paste. Cool down completely.
2) Onto a waxed paper, sift together the baking soda, salt and baking powder.
3) Preheat the oven to 350F.
4) Grease three 9X1 1/2-inch layer-cake pans. Dust them lightly with flour.
MAKING
5) In a large bowl, add in butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat well scraping the sides occasionally, till the mixture becomes light and fluffy in about 5 minutes.
6) On low speed, beat in the 1/4 of the flour and 1/3 of the cocoa mixture alternatively into the wet ingredients. At the flour at the start and the end. Make sure not to overbeat the mixture.
7) Transfer the batter into the cake pans. Smoothen the tops and bake for about 30 minutes.
8) Allow the cake pans to cool down for 10 minutes. Loosen the edges of the cake with a spatula, before overturning them onto a wire rack to cool down completely.
SERVING
9) Serve the Chocolate Cake layers garnished with whipped cream and fruit toppings.
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