Looking for the best buttermilk chocolate cake recipe? This is the best Texas Trash Buttermilk Cake recipe ever. Delicious and easy to make, you will want to make this recipe.
Ingredients
2Cflour
1 3/4Csugar
1tspbaking soda
1tspkosher salt
1Cunsalted sweet cream butter, cut into tablespoon sized cubes
1/3CHershey cocoa powder
1Cbrewed coffee, cooled to room temperature
1/2Cbuttermilk
2large eggs
1 1/2tsppure vanilla extract
1sifter
13x9 baking dish
Topping ingredients:
1 1/2CChopped pecans
3/4Cunsalted sweet cream butter
1/3CHershey cocoa powder
1/3Cwhole milk
1/4tspkosher salt
3Cpowder sugar
1tsppure vanilla extract
Instructions
Cake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spay the 13x9 baking dish with pam baking spray and place a sheet of parchment paper into the dish
Using a large mixing bowl and a sifter, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Set aside
Using a medium pot over medium heat, combine the butter, cocoa and coffee, bringing it to a low boil. Whisk until combined and smooth
Gradually pour the mixture over the flour ingredients and and whisk until combined
Using a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla until combined
Gradually whisk the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients and whisk until combined
Pour batter into the baking dish and bake for 23-25 minutes or until the center bounces back slightly when touched
Topping directions:
Using a medium sauce pan over medium heat, combine the butter, cocoa milk, and salt, whisking until combined
Once butter has melted, gradually whisk in the powdered sugar until combined and smooth
Mix in 2/3 C of the pecans
Pour the icing over the top of the cake
Sprinkle remaining pecans onto the top of the cake and allow the icing to harden slightly