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Fudgy Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
6 ounces white chocolate, for garnish, finely grated and chilled
1 cup unsalted butter, soft
1 cup sugar, plus 3 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa, plus 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs
1/2 pint heavy cream
10 1/2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken in pieces
Directions:
Directions:
Finely grate white chocolate onto a plate using a vegetable peeler. Chill until needed. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the base of two 8" round cake pans. Line with parchment. Combine butter, sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and eggs in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer on med. speed, beat until smooth. Beat 2 minutes longer. Divide batter between pans.

Bake 20-25 minutes or until toothpick test comes clean. Cool in pans 1 minute Turn out onto racks, peel off parchment, and cool completely.

For frosting, heat heavy cream just until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Add broken semisweet chocolate and stir until melted. Let cool. Chill for 30 minutes, then whisk until thickened to a spreadable consistency. Use one third of frosting between layers and rest to frost top and sides of cake. Sprinkle grated white chocolate on top.

 

 

 

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