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September 10, 2009
Chocolate Cake à la Alexis
A few weeks ago Alexis wanted to make a chocolate cake. She told me what to put in the cake, and I figured out the right quantities. What we came up with was a very moist, very tender, really fabulous chocolate cake! Top it with your favorite frosting/icing and you've got the perfect treat!
What You'll Need:
1 1/2 cups of unbleached all purpose flour
2/3 cups of cocoa powder
1 cup or organic cane sugar
1 teaspoon of sea salt
1 tablespoon of baking powder
2 teaspoons of vanilla
1/3 cup of safflower oil
2 eggs
1 cup of buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a large bowl add flour, cocoa, sugar, sea salt and baking powder and stir until well mixed.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add vanilla, oil, eggs and buttermilk. Stir until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
Pour batter into an 8 X 8 inch dish that has been sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake for 30-40 minutes until cake sticks done.
Cool and top with your favorite frosting or icing.
Notes: If you wanted to switch things up a bit you could use mint or almond extract instead of vanilla. Mini chocolate chips would be a fabulous addition too.
Posted by Dianne at September 10, 2009 12:13 PM
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Comments
How smart you are to be able to come up with a recipe all by yourself? I'm so jealous!
Posted by: Megan at September 12, 2009 2:35 PM
It works for me most of the time. From time to time something will flop, but it's fun!
Posted by: Dianne at September 12, 2009 3:05 PM
The icing looks really good. What recipe did you use for that?
Posted by: Lisa at January 16, 2010 12:00 PM
I just used Wilton's basic buttercream: http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing but I added in some almond flavoring along with the vanilla.
Posted by: Dianne at January 16, 2010 12:06 PM
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