Recipe name:
Chocolate Romance Cake
Recipe category:
Cake
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Recipe details:
1 3/4 c Flour, sifted all-purpose -or 2 c cake flour 1 ts Baking powder 4 tb Buttermilk, powdered 9 ts Cocoa 1 ts Vanilla 1 1/2 c Sugar 1 ts Salt 1 ts Cinnamon 1 ts Cloves, ground 1 ts Allspice 1/2 c Mayonnaise, + 3 tb 2 md Eggs 1 c Sour cream 8 oz Cream cheese 1/4 c Butter 1 Confectioner sugar 1/4 c Cocoa 1 ts Vanilla Cinnamon, dash optional Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.(moderate) Grease and flour two or three 8 inch layer pans or one 9x12x2 cake pan. Mix all dry ingredients together. Blend in mayonnaise, eggs, vanilla and 1/2 of sour cream. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed with mixer or 300 strokes by hand. Add remaining sour cream and beat 2 minutes longer. Pour into pans. Bake 25 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out "clean". Cool on rack a few minutes before removing from pan. When cool, frost cake! FROSTING: Cream butter and cream cheese together until fluffy, gradually add dry ingredients one at a time until all are well blended. Add vanilla and blend well. |