Chocolate Birthday Cake

Name: Chocolate Birthday Cake
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/8 tsp salt; 1/4 cup cocoa; 1 cup flour; 3/4 cup buttermilk; 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp unsalted butter; 1/8 tsp salt; 6 tbsp cocoa; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 cup icing sugar; 2 tbsp cream, milk, or water

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Chocolate Birthday Cake

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Ingredients

20 mins

6 servings

1/2 cupbutter
3/4 cupsugar
1egg
1/2 tspvanilla
1/2 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspbaking powder
1/8 tspsalt
1/4 cupcocoa
1 cupflour
3/4 cupbuttermilk
icing
1/2 cup+ 2 tbsp unsalted butter
1/8 tspsalt
6 tbspcocoa
1 tspvanilla
1 cupicing sugar
2 tbspcream, milk, or water

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Steps

20 mins

1

A not too dark chocolate cake that everone loves.
2

Grease and flour 8 in round pan. I line bottom with parchment. Heat oven to 350°F.
3

Cream butter and sugar, beat in egg, then vanilla. Mix in baking powder, soda and salt, and sifted cocoa. Stir in flour alternately with buttermilk.
4

Spread in pan and bake about 35 min, til top springs back when pressed in centre. Turn out onto rack to cool.
5

For icing, mix all ingredients til smooth, scrape down bowl and beat several minutes til light and fluffy. add more liquid or icing sugar if necessary. Spread on cooled cake.
6

For cupcakes, fill 12 cups three quarters full, and bake about 25 min. Easy to double the recipe to make a 2-layer cake for 12 people.