Old World Chocolate Cake
- 1 12 cups cake flour, sifted
- 1 14 cups sugar
- 13 cup cocoa, baking
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 13 teaspoon baking soda
- 34 teaspoon salt
- 23 cup vegetable shortening
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- Sift the cake flour, sugar, cocoa, instant coffee, baking soda and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the shortening, 2/3 c of the buttermilk and vanilla.
- Beat with an electric mixer, set on medium speed, for 2 minutes.
- Add remaining 1/3 c of buttermilk and eggs.
- Beat, at medium speed, for 2 more minutes.
- Pour batter into 2 greased 8-inch round cake pans.
- Bake in a 350 degree F preheated oven for 30 minutes or until cakes test done.
- Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans; and completely cool.
- Place one cake layer on serving palte.
- Spread with Sweetened Whipped Cream.
- Top with second cake layer.
- Frost cake with remaining Sweetened Whipped Cream.
- Refrigerate until serving time.
- SWEETENED WHIPPED CREAM: Chill mixing bowl and beaters.
- Place cream, sugar, and vanilla in chilled bowl.
- Beat with electric mixer, at high speed, until soft peaks form and mixture is of a spreading consistency.
- DO NOT overbeat.
- (If you do, you will have butter.)
cake flour, sugar, cocoa, coffee, baking soda, salt, vegetable shortening, buttermilk, vanilla, eggs, heavy whipping cream, vanilla, sugar
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-world-chocolate-cake-7833 (may not work)