Ingredients
CAKE- 1 1⁄2 cups unsalted butter
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 1⁄2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 3 large eggs
- 3⁄4 cup buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter
- 4 1⁄2 ounces buttermilk
- 7 1⁄2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
1 _ Preheat oven to 350 degrees.2 _ Butter and line with parchment a 9 x 13 cake pan Melt butter, stir in water and cocoa and whisk until smooth.
3 _ set aside.
4 _ sift together flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.
5 _ In a separate bowl, whick together eggs, buttermilk and vanilla.
6 _ Add cocoa mixture and buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients.
7 _ Combine very well.
8 _ Pour into cake pan and bake until skewer comes out clean.
9 _ Cool for 20 minutes while making icing.
10 _ ICING: Melt butter, add buttermilk and cocoa.
11 _ Whisk until smooth.
12 _ Put powdered sugar into a food processor.
13 _ With motor running, pour cocoa mixture through feed tube.
14 _ Do not over process.
15 _ Put a platter over the cake pan, flip over so that the cake comes out onto the platter.
16 _ Remove parchment Pour icing over the top of cake and spread evenly over cake to the edges using an offset spatula.
17 _ Do not worry if some goes over the sides.
18 _ Refrigerate cake for 2 hours.
19 _ Remove from refrigerator and with a serrated knife, trim all 4 sides of the cake about 1/4 inch.
20 _ Cut into pieces to serve.
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