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Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup hot water
3 (1 oz.) squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 1/4 cups flour
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups whole buttermilk
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Peanut Butter Frosting (recipe follows)
Garnish: chocolate curls
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º. Spray 2 (10-inch) round cake pans with nonstick baking spray with flour.
In a small bowl, combine hot water and chocolate. Let stand for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and smooth.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla; beat at medium-low speed with an electric mixer until smooth. With mixer running, add melted chocolate mixture, beating until combined. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans, and bake for 23 to 27 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
Spread Peanut Butter Frosting evenly in between layers and on top and sides of cake. Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.
Peanut Butter Frosting:
1 1/4 cups butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
5 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
In a large bowl, beat butter and peanut butter at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add cream, beating until combined. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in vanilla.

 

 

 

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