Looking for the perfect dark chocolate cake recipe? You need to try this Blackout Dark Chocolate Cake! A three layer cake that is bursting with chocolate. Moist and delicious, this is the ultimate cake recipe.
Ingredients
3Cflour
1 1/2Cspecial dark chocolate cocoa powder
1tbspbaking soda
1 1/2tspbaking soda
1 1/2tspkosher sal
4large eggs
1/2Csour cream
1Cbuttermilk
1 1/2Cwarm water
1/2tspespresso powder
1/2Ccanola oil
1tbsppure vanilla extract
Frosting ingredients
1 1/2Cunsalted sweet cream butter, softened
1 - 8ozcream cheese, soften
1 1.2Heryhey special dark cocoa powder
1tbsppure vanilla extract
1/4tspkosher salt
7Cpowder sugar
1/4Cheavy whipping cream
Large piping bad with medium star til
Large ice cream scooper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray three 9 in cake pans with pam baking spray
In a small bowl, whisk together the espresso and the warm water until combined
Using your standing mixer, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt until combined
Gradually add in the eggs, sour cream, buttermilk, espresso, oil and vanilla extract until combined and
Divide the batter between the 3 pans
Place in the oven to bake for 25-35 minutes or until a tooth pick comes out clean
Allow cakes to cool for 20 minutes
Frosting Directions
Using the standing mixer again, beat the cream cheese and butter until combined and smooth
Gradually mix in the cocoa powder, vanilla and salt
Very slowly, beat in the powder sugar until combined
Whisk in the heavy whipping cream until the ice cream is smooth and fluffy
Using the ice cream scooper, scoop out 4-6 scoops of frosting and smooth evenly on one layer of cake
Place another layer of cake on top and spread more frosting
Place the last layer on top and frost the remaining cake with the remaining frosting
Scoop remaining frosting into the large piping bag and pipe dollops of frosting around the top and bottom of the cake
Sprinkle some chocolate sprinkles on top, cut into slices and enjoy!