Dense Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup unsalted butter softened
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 large eggs
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 cup baking cocoa sifted
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup instant chocolate pudding mix small box
2 1/4 cups buttermilk
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat regular, conventional oven to 350°.
Beat sugar, butter & vanilla in large bowl.
Beat in eggs.
Mix in cake flour, baking cocoa, soda, salt, chocolate pudding and buttermilk.
Stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Pour into greased 2 8-inch round pans.
Bake in regular, conventional oven at 350° for 30 minutes.
Adjust baking temperature down to 325° and continue baking 30-40 minutes more, until cake tester (toothpick) comes out clean.
Cool cake completely before icing.
note: This cake will pare perfectly with this
buttercream frosting recipe.
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