Fudge Chocolate Layer Cake

Sent in by​: Noelle (Arizona)

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup minus tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Frosting:
*you can replace this for chocolate whipped cream if you prefer.

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectioner sugar, sifted
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Fine bottoms of 29 inch round cake pans with wax paper. Grease paper and sides of pans cut. Dust with flower.
2. Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. At low speed, alternatively bear for mixture and buttermilk into butter mixture just until blended. Divide batter equally between prepared pans.
4. Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in center fines out clean, 25-30 minutes. Transfer pans to wire racks to cool for 10 minutes.
5. To prepare frosting, beat butter and confectioner sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and vanilla; continue beating until shiny and smooth.
6. Please one cake we are on a serving plate; spread with frosting. Top with remaining cake later. And spread frosting on top of sides of cake. Let cake stand for at least 30 minutes before sprinkling with chocolate shavings and slicing
7. Enjoy