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Chocolate Layer Cake with Creme Chantilly Frosting
Attention chocolate lovers! This cake turns out so fluffy and nice. Don't worry, it only sounds fancy. Honestly, it's pretty simple and straightforward to make. Good news; you can make this cake in advance! I baked and assembled it on Friday and served it Sunday afternoon and it was still perfect; kept its fluffiness and the frosting and raspberries stayed perfect. !You can use different fruit for the top but I just love how raspberries taste with chocolate cake; that sweet tang of each little druplet compliments the chocolate !The chocolate chiffon cake recipe comes from my Mother's Day gift; the Vintage Cakes Cookbook by Julie Richardson. The frosting is mine and God made the raspberries.
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 15m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 55 min👤 Natasha of NatashasKitchen.com📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●oven
- ●mixing bowl
- ●spatula
- ●pan
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
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How to make the chocolate layer cake:
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Preheat oven to 325˚F with the rack in the bottom third of the oven. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup cocoa and 1/2 cup boiling water. Add in the 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup buttermilk and 2 tsp vanilla. Add 6 yolks and whisk until smooth.
cup boiling water1/2cup buttermilk1/2
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In a separate large mixing bowl, sift together 1 3/4 cups cake flour and 2 tsp baking powder. Sprinkle in 1 tsp sea salt. Whisk in 1 1/4 cups brown sugar breaking up any clumps.
cups cake flour1 3/4baking powder2 tsp
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Combine the chocolate batter with the sifted dry ingredients and mix just until smooth (don't overmix,... or else).
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Add egg whites to the clean bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on medium speed ⏱️ 2 minutes until frothy. Add 1/2 tsp cream of tartar and beat another ⏱️ 2 minutes on medium-high speed until whites have soft peaks. Turn the mixer up to high speed and add 1/2 cup sugar in a slow steady stream. Continue mixing on high speed another two minutes until your meringue has stiff shiny peaks.
egg whites (at room temperature)7tsp cream of tartar1/2
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Use a spatula to fold the white meringue mixture into your batter adding about 1/3 of the meringue at at time.
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Pour batter into your un-greased baking pan (I prefer using the springform pan) and bake in the bottom third of the oven at 325˚F for ⏱️ 55 min or until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center come out clean. Remove cake to a wire rack and let cool to room temp before removing the cake from the pan or cutting into it.
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Once cake is at room temp, slice it into three layers. Its a good idea to trace around the cake with a knife before slicing through; this ensures more even cake layers. Re-stack and cover the layers with plastic wrap until ready to frost so they don't dry out.
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How to Make Cream Chantilly Frosting:
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Whip the heavy cream at high speed until soft peaks form (⏱️ 1 minute).
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Add 1/3 cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla and continue whipping at high speed until stiff peaks form and the frosting is smooth (about 1 - 1 1/⏱️ 2 minutes). Don't over-beat the frosting or it will turn buttery.
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How to Assemble Chocolate Cake:
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Place the bottom layer on your serving platter and top with 1/3 of your frosting. Repeat with the second and third layer, and top with the remaining frosting; swirl it around on the top to make it look like waves in the sea. Decorate the top with raspberries or whatever fruit you have. I arranged them starting from the outside and spiraling inward until the entire top was plastered with raspberries.
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