Fabulous Fudge Cake
Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes. Makes one 9" triple layer cake
Equipment
- Set of 3 nine-inch cake pans
Ingredients
- 3 squares unsweetened chocolate
- 2¼ cups sifted cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter or margarine
- 2¼ cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup boiling water
Instructions
- Grease bottoms of 3 nine inch layer-cake pans; line pans with Waxed paper; grease paper.
- Melt chocolate in a small saucepan over very low heat; save for Step 5.
- Sift cake flour, baking soda, and salt onto waxed paper.
- Cream butter or margarine in a large bowl with a spoon or electric mixer at medium speed; gradually add sugar; beat until mixture is fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a time; beat until thick stir in vanilla and chocolate with spoon or mixer at low speed.
- Add sifted dry ingredients, a third at a time alternately with buttermilk, stirring by hand or with mixer at low speed until just blended; stir in boiling water. Pour into pans.
- Bake in moderate oven (375°) 25-30 minutes, or until centers spring back when lightly pressed with fingertip.
- Cool in pans on wire racks 5 minutes; loosen around edges with knife; turn out onto racks; remove wax paper; cool completely. Put layers together and frost.
