Chocolate Cake 5
Yield
One cake, 9" or 10"
Prep info
20 min prep + 20 min bake + 2 hrs cool + 20 min prep & ice
Prep time
Not set
Cook time
3 hours
Time required
3 hours
Oven preheat
375F
Type
Desserts - Misc
Status
Not tried
Tags
Ingredients
- 2 c Sugar (Granulated)
- 2 c Flour (Plain)
- 113 g butter
- 1/2 c vegetable oil
- 1 c water
- 2/3 c cocoa powder
- 1 t baking soda
- 1/2 c buttermilk
- 1 t ground cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 t salt
- 1 t vanilla extract
- Icing:
- 1/4 c cream cheese
- 3/4 c semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 T milk
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 2 c powdered sugar, up to 4 cups, as desired
Method
Preheat oven to 375 F. Sift together the flour & sugar and set aside. In sauce pan combine butter, oil, water, and cocoa. Bring to a bring, remove from heat, and add to flour mixture. Dissolve baking soda in milk. Combine all remaining ingredients. Bake in greased baking pans for 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 375 F. Sift together the flour & sugar and set aside.
In sauce pan combine butter, oil, water, and cocoa. Bring to a bring, remove from heat, and add to flour mixture.
Dissolve baking soda in milk. Combine all remaining ingredients.
Bake in greased baking pans for 20 minutes. Let cakes cool completely before icing.
For icing:
In saucepan, melt together cream cheese, chocolate chips, and milk. Remove from heat, pour in mixing bowl, and add vanilla. Beat in powdered sugar until icing is desired consistency/sweetness/amount/whatever.
Notes
From source: "This cake is amazingly moist, and the unexpected kick of cinnamon is really tasty. I made it 2 days ago and it's still really moist. It's also nearly gone. :)"