Chocolate Chocolate Layer Cake

Name: Chocolate Chocolate Layer Cake
Ingredients: FOR THE CAKE:; 2 cups Sugar; 3/4 cups Cocoa Powder; 1-3/4 cup Cake Flour (use All Purpose If You Don't Have Cake Flour); 1 cup Buttermilk; 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda; 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder; 1 teaspoon Salt; 2 whole Eggs; 1/2 cups Vegetable Oil; 1 cup Hot Brewed Coffee; FOR THE FROSTING:; 1 stick Butter; 2/3 cups Cocoa Powder; 3 cups Powdered Sugar; 1/3 cups Milk, Plus More For Thinning; 1 Tablespoon Vanilla

17 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:
2 cups Sugar
3/4 cups Cocoa Powder
1-3/4 cup Cake Flour (use All Purpose If You Don't Have Cake Flour)
1 cup Buttermilk
1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
2 whole Eggs
1/2 cups Vegetable Oil
1 cup Hot Brewed Coffee
FOR THE FROSTING:
1 stick Butter
2/3 cups Cocoa Powder
3 cups Powdered Sugar
1/3 cups Milk, Plus More For Thinning
1 Tablespoon Vanilla

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350°F and grease and flour two 9-inch round pans.
2

Mix sugar, cocoa powder, flour, buttermilk, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs and vegetable oil. Using a hand mixer on medium, mix for 2 minutes. Add hot coffee and mix until combined. Batter will be thin.
3

Pour batter into the prepared pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when stuck in the middle of the cake. Remove cakes from oven and set them on a cooling rack. Allow to cool before frosting.
4

For the frosting:
5

Put the butter into a microwave safe bowl. Melt in the microwave. Mix melted butter in a mixing bowl with the cocoa powder using a hand mixer. Alternate adding the sugar and milk to the chocolate-butter mixture and mix until smooth. Add vanilla. Add more milk until spreadable consistency is reached.
6

Put the first cake on a serving platter and frost the top. Add the second cake and frost the top and sides. Enjoy!