Chocolate Buttermilk Cake With Frosting Food

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE WITH FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9X13-inch pan.
• Combine 1 cup butter, 1/3 cup cocoa, and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until butter is fully melted. You can cut the butter into pieces to speed up the process. Remove from heat.
• Using an electric mixer, beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract until smooth.
• Gradually add melted butter mixture, beating until mixed.
• In a medium bowl, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Add to buttermilk mixture and beat until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until set in the middle.
• To make frosting, combine butter, cocoa, and buttermilk in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Pour over cake while cake is still warm. Let frosting cool and set some before slicing.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 C (350 F) standard / 160 C (320 F) fan-forced. Grease and line an 8-inch round cake pan with baking or parchment paper.
• In a large mixing bowl, add flour, cocoa powder, sugars, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Boil the kettle and pour out 1/2 cup of hot water and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, add butter, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk and stir briefly. Add butter mixture to dry ingredients and stir to combine. Add hot water and stir until chocolate cake batter is smooth. It will be a thin batter - that's ok.
• Place in the oven for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Leave on a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the frosting, place butter in a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until pale and creamy. Meanwhile melt the chocolate in a microwave, stirring in between 20 second bursts, until just melted and set aside.
• Add half the sugar and one tablespoon of milk and beat until combined. Add the remaining sugar and beat until smooth.
• Add melted chocolate, ensuring the chocolate is still smooth and melted but is not warm. Beat until the chocolate is completely mixed through. If frosting is too thick, add an extra tablespoon of milk. Generously frost the top and sides of the cake using a spatula. Sprinkle over chocolate chips.

EASY CHOCOLATE-BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease two 9-inch round cake pans or 10-inch Bundt pan.
• Dust pans with cocoa.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
• In medium bowl, with wire whisk, mix buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla until blended.
• Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture and whisk until smooth.
• Divide batter between prepared layers or pour into Bundt pan; spread evenly.
• Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 minutes for 9-inch layers or about 40 minutes for Bundt cake.
• Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
• Run thin knife around layers to loosen from side of pan.
• Or, if using Bundt pan, run tip of knife around edge of cake to loosen.
• Invert onto racks to cool completely.
• Frost with desired frosting.

BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH FUDGE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º. Melt chocolate in a small heatproof bowl set over a small pot of gently simmering water over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Remove bowl from heat and set aside until chocolate is cool. Meanwhile, grease an 8" square cake pan with 1 teaspoons of the butter and set aside. Sift flour and salt together in a small bowl and set aside. Stir baking soda into buttermilk in another small bowl and set aside.
• Beat sugar and the remaining 5 tablespoons butter together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in egg yolks, then add melted chocolate and beat until thoroughly combined. Add one-third of the flour mixture, then one-third of the buttermilk mixture, beating well after each addition. Repeat process to use all of both mixtures, then pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Transfer cake to a rack to cool in pan, then invert onto a cake plate.
• For the frosting: Sift confectioners' sugar and cocoa together in a medium bowl. Stir in butter, then coffee, then vanilla, mixing well with a wooden spoon after each addition, until frosting is smooth. Ice top and sides of cake with frosting.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE WITH A SOUR CREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter a 10-inch springform pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• Cream together the butter and the sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, continue beating until thick and light.
• Sieve together the cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and flour.
• With your mixer on low speed add the dry ingredients in 4 portions, alternating with the buttermilk and coffee, beat until all is very well blended.
• Pour the batter in the springform pan and bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Run a knife around the edge of the cake and let the cake cool completely whilst in the pan.
• Make the frosting just before you need it.
• Mix together the sour cream and the icing sugar, whip the cream until stiff, then mix the two creams together.
• Release the cake and turn it upside down on a platter.
• With a serrated knife cut the cake into layers (I use a piece of sewing thread to cut the cake).
• Spread frosting over one layer, carefully replace the other layer on the top and spread the rest of the frosting over the top and the sides.
• Leave in the fridge until ready to serve.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• Grease three 9 inch cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a small pan over low heat, combine 1cup chocolate chips and 1/4 cup water. Stir until chocolate chips have melted, and mixture is smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature.
• Sift together flour, soda and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine with the sugar. Add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in chocolate mixture. Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend until smooth. Divide batter into three 9 inch pans, and smooth tops.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans for 10 to 15 minutes, then invert on wire racks; turn right side up to cool completely.
• Place 1 cake layer upside down on cake platter. Spread with 1/2 inch layer chocolate whipped cream. Repeat with another cake layer. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost with remaining cream.
• To Make Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting: In small saucepan over low heat stir 1 cup chocolate chips, honey, 2 tablespoons water and 1/8 teaspoon salt until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth; cool completely. In medium bowl beat cream until it holds its shape. Gradually fold about 3 large tablespoons cream into chocolate mixture, then fold chocolate mixture into remaining whipped cream until blended.

DARK COCOA BUTTERMILK CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Lightly grease bottoms of two 8x1-1/2-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms of pans with waxed paper. Grease and lightly flour bottoms and sides of pans. Set pans aside. Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. In a small bowl, combine granulated and brown sugar. Gradually add sugar mixture, about 1/4 cup at a time, beating on medium speed until well combined (3 to 4 minutes). Scrape sides of bowl; continue beating on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
• Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to beaten mixture, beating on low speed just until combined after each addition. Beat on medium to high speed for 20 seconds more. Spread batter evenly into the prepared pans.
• . Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake layers in pans for 10 minutes on wire rack. Remove from pans. Peel off waxed paper. Cool thoroughly on wire racks.
• Frosting:.
• Place the cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed until combined, 30 seconds. Stop the machine. Add the cocoa powder, extract, and confectioners' sugar and blend with the mixer on low speed until the ingredients are moistened, 30 seconds. Increase the speed to medium and beat until the frosting is fluffy, 2 minutes more.
• Use at once to frost your cake or cover and keep refrigerated till you are ready to frost.
• Enjoy!

BUTTERMILK-CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Mix in 2 cups powdered sugar, cocoa powder, almond extract, vanilla extract, and salt. Add buttermilk in small amounts until well combined. Add remaining 2 cups powdered sugar.