Chocolate Blackout Cake

  • Yield:12 12-16 servings
  • Time:
    1 hr, 9 mins show details
Tags: baked, dessert, sweet

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces
    butter, 1 1/2 sticks softened
  • 3 cups
    sugar
  • 2 teaspoons
    vanilla
  • 4 ounces
    unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • 3 cups
    flour
  • 3 teaspoons
    baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon
    salt
  • ¾ cup
    buttermilk
  • 1⅓ cups
    boiling water
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Preparation

  1. preheat oven to 350 degrees

  2. Grease 2 9" round cake pans / dust with flour / tap out excess

  3. 2 mins

    in a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy

  4. 2 mins

    Add eggs and vanilla and beat until well blended

  5. 2 mins

    Add chocolate and beat 1-2 minutes

  6. 2 mins

    Mix flour, baking soda and salt. Add to chocolate mixture in two additions, alternating with buttermilk.

  7. 3 mins

    Beat until well blended

  8. 3 mins

    With mixer on low speed, add boiling water and beat until smooth (batter will be thin)

  9. Pour batter into prepared pans

  10. 40 mins

    Bake 35-40 minutes until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean)

  11. 15 mins

    Let cool in pans 10-15 minutes

  12. remove from pans and let cool completely

  13. Frost

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