Death by Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

For Cake:

• All-purpose flour 2 cups
• Sugar 1 cup
• Brown sugar 1 cup
• Cocoa powder 1-1/4 cups
• Baking soda 1-1/2 tsp
• Baking powder 1-1/2 tsp
• Salt 1 pinch
• Melted butter 3/4 cup
• Beaten eggs 3 large
• Black coffee 1-1/4 cups
• Buttermilk 1-1/4 cups
• Vanilla extract 1/2 tbsp

For Frosting:

• Butter 1-1/2 cups
• Powder sugar 3-3/4 cups
• Cocoa powder 1-1/4 cups
• Vanilla extract 1/2 tbsp
• Salt 1 pinch
• Heavy cream 1/2 cup
• Chocolate curls or chocolate chips 2 cups

Direction:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees C.
2. Then line two 8 inches round cake pans parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
3. For cake: Put flour, sugar, brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl and whisk together.
4. Now add butter, eggs, coffee, buttermilk and vanilla extract and whisk with hand mixer until smooth.
5. Then pour batter in cake pans and divide in evenly.
6. Then bake in preheated oven for about 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Then take out from oven and cool it completely on wire racks.
8. For frosting: In a meanwhile, put butter, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and salt in large bowl and beat with hand mixer.
9. Now add cream and beat it nicely.
10. Then keep one cake on cake plate.
11. Then spread frosting and cover with second cake.
12. Then spread frosting on entire cake.
13. Then cover entire cake with chocolate curls or chocolates chips.
14. Then chill in refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours.
15. Then take it out, cut into slices and serve.