Dark Chocolate Cake
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My best friend Ted’s birthday is coming. For his 40th birthday, and after more than 30 years of friendship, I’ve decided to make him a special gift. Knowing how much he likes sweets and even more the Star Wars movies, I’ve come up with an idea to create a special atmosphere and ambience that he will remember! I bought the tickets for the premiere of “Star Wars Rogue 1”.
That’s how we first met. Our fathers took us to the movies to watch “Return of the Jedi” in 1983, which seems to be ages ago. We sat next to each other and commented on the movie. After that we all went to the patisserie to eat some cake. I remember it like it was yesterday – a dark chocolate cake, and Ted commented: “It looks like Darth Vader’s favorite cake!”
Dark Chocolate Cake
Prep time
25 mins
Cook time
35 mins
Total time
1 hour
Ingredients
CAKE
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup cocoa powder or Hershey’s Special Dark powder
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water (I used hot, strong coffee)
FROSTING
- 8 Tbsp butter or margarine, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder or Hershey’s Special Dark powder
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
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