Chocolate cake

This is a chocolate cake I made recently. This is a double layered cake, one a chocolate layer and second a layer of vanilla cake and in between a delicious creamy frosting. I wanted to make it a bit extra special and Betty Crocker chocolate frosting came to my aid :). Actually I am in the learning stage of baking and cake decorating, so did not take up the risk of making my own chocolate cream frosting.

Ingredients
Chocolate cake layer

All Purpose flour- 1 1/2 cup
Egg- 2
Sugar- 1 cup
Coco powder-6 tsp
Baking powder- 1 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda 1 tsp
Salt- 1/2tsp
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
Buttermilk- 3/4 cup
Butter- 4 tsp
Vegetable oil- 2 tsp
Hot coffee-1/2 cup

Preheat oven to 350 F. Set rack in he middle of the oven
Grease pan with butter and layer with parchment paper and again grease with butter and dust with flour and set aside. 

Shift all the dry ingredients together and keep aside. In another bowl beat butter and oil with a medium speed mixer until creamy,and add in egg one at a time and beat till light and fluffy. Slowly add the dry ingredients and sugar into the wet mixture little by little along with the butter milk fold in the ingredients.Add the coffee and stir in just to combine. Pour into prepared pans and bake for 35 - 40 minutes in 350 degree f .Test whether completely cooked by inserting a toothpick in the center It should come out clean. Cool in pan for fifteen minutes and then completely cool on a cooling rack.

 

Cake 2-Vanilla cake layer
All purpose flour- 1 1/2 cups
Baking powder- 1 1/2 tsp
salt- 1/4 tsp
Egg white- 2 eggs
Butter -  4tsp
Sugar- 1 cup
Milk- 1/2 cup 
Vanilla essence- 2 tsp


Prepare pan and set aside.Pre-heat oven to 350 degree F
Shift flour, baking powder and salt and keep aside.
Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, Beat in egg whites little by little using a hand mixer on a low speed. Add in the milk and vanilla essence.Slowly add in the dry ingredients, do not over beat but just fold in. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and cover it with aluminum foil and place it in the middle rack.  Bake for thirty minutes to forty minutes  or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let it cool in pan on a rack for ten minutes and completely cool on a cooling rack. You can use any kind of frosting you like

Assembling the cake
Place one cake,flat side up on a plate or cake pedestal. With a knife or a spatula spread a layer or frosting. I made a frosting combining,half tub of vanilla frosting,six tsp of whipped cream and 1/3 cup of chopped cherries and strawberries.Place the second layer on top,round side up, and spread the chocolate frosting evenly on top and sides of the cake.

Try this..
Hope you will all enjoy.