Chocolate Layer Cake

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/4 cups	247g / 8.7oz	Sugar
1/2 cup	55g / 1.9oz	Cocoa
1/2 cup	118ml	Water - boiling
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Shortening
2		Eggs
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Cake flour - sifted
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
2/3 cup	157ml	Buttermilk

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.

Combine about 1/2 cup sugar with cocoa and boiling water, and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is glossy. Cool.

Cream the shortening and eggs with the remaining sugar. Add the cocoa mixture and the vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk alternately.

Bake in 2 greased layer pans at 350F for 30-35 minutes. You can also make this as a single-layer cake. Just bake it a few minutes longer, as it is thicker.

NOTES:

* A moist 2-layer chocolate layer cake; this was our wedding cake.

* Frost the cake with your favorite frosting; we used chocolate mousse filling.

: Time: 30 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking and cooling and frosting. : Precision: measure the ingredients.

Source:
Creme de Colorado Cookbook (1987)

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