Amy's Chocolate Cake

 

 

This is the best chocolate cake ever. The end.

 

Source: Amy Poulton

 

1 ¾ cups boiling water

6 oz semisweet chocolate

1 cup cocoa powder

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

¼ tsp salt

1 ¼ cup butter

1 ¾ cups dark brown sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

 

Frosting

1 ¼ plus 2 Tbsp butter

4 ½ cups powdered sugar

1 cup cocoa powder

2 tsp vanilla

¼ cup plus 2 Tbsp milk

 

 

 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 9-inch cake pans with parchment paper, spray with cooking oil.

 

Pour boiling water over chocolate, add cocoa powder and stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.

 

Cream the butter and brown sugar, Add eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla.

 

Add dry ingredients and half of the chocolate mixture to egg mixture, beat for 1-2 minutes. Add remaining chocolate mixture.

 

Pour batter into pans and bake 25-30 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the middle comes out clean with a few moist crumbs attached.

 

Cool for 15 minutes. Remove from pans.

 

Frosting:

Cream butter with mixer. Add powdered sugar and cocoa, a little at a time. Mix in vanilla. Add milk and beat until smooth.

 

For Bundt cake:  Spray Bundt pan with Baker’s Joy baking spray, bake at 350 degrees for 60 min.