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Chocolate Layer Cake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream
This chocolate tuxedo cake recipe is soft, fluffy, and richly chocolatey. You'll love the contrast of chocolate and vanilla cream layers - it's a big hit with everyone who tries it.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 13m⏳ Prep: 50 min🔥 Cook: 23 min👤 Natasha Kravchuk📖 natashaskitchen
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●mixing bowl
- ●whisk
- ●spatula
- ●knife
📝 Preparation Steps
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Prep:
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Preheat Oven to 350˚F. Grease two (9" round) cake pans. Grease sides with butter and line the bottom with parchment paper.
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How to Make Chocolate Cake Recipe:
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In a large mixing bowl, combine: 2 eggs, 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup oil and 2 tsp vanilla and beat with an electric mixeruntil smooth.
large eggs (room temperature)2sour cream1 cup
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In a second mixing bowl, sift in 1 1/2 cups flour and 1 cup cocoa powder. Add 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 Tbsp baking soda, 1/2 Tbsp baking powdered and 1 tsp salt. Whisk to combine. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and whisk until smooth without lumps, then gradually add 3/4 cup hot water while beating until well combined and smooth.
Tbsp baking soda1/2salt1 tsp
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Divide batter between 2 prepared cake pans and bake at 350˚F for ⏱️ 20-25 min (mine was perfect at ⏱️ 23 min) or until tops are set and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into center. Cool cakes in pan for ⏱️ 15-20 min** then run a thin spatula or knife around the edges to loosen from the pan and gently invert onto cooling rack and let cool completely to room temperature before frosting.
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While cakes cool, make your frosting. We used Swiss Meringue Buttercream frosting. Reserve about 1 cup frosting to decorate the top.
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How to Assemble Chocolate Cake:
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Carefully place first cake layer onto platter and cover the top with a generous layer of frosting. Gently transfer the next cake layer over the top and frost top and sides.
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Finely grate a bar of chocolate and pat the crumbs halfway up side of cake and sprinkle around the top rim of the cake. Use reserved frosting to pipe roses or puffs around top rim of cake.
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