Old Fashioned Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 cups Cake flour
  • 3 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 5 Square unsweetened chocolate
  • 1 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Vinegar

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 Half and half

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Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper.
• In large bowl or standing mixer, cream butter until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in melted chocolate.
• In separate bowl, combine four and salt. Add buttermilk and chocolate mixture, alternating. Stir in vanilla.
• In small bowl, dissolve baking soda in vinegar. Slowly add this to the chocolate mixture. Mix just until blended. Do not over-mix.
• Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes then remove from pans. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely before frosting.
• In large mixing bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy. Slowly add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well between additions. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. If necessary, thin frosting with 1-2 tsps. half-and-half.