CHOCOLATE ALMOND CAKE
Fluffy white homemade frosting tops this rich chocolate almond cake. Sliced toasted almonds on top add a little crunch. -Sherri Gentry, Dallas, Oregon
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Yield 16 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream and extracts; mix well. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. , Pour into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. , For frosting, cream butter, sugar and extracts in a small bowl until smooth. Add milk until frosting reaches desired spreading consistency. Spread over cake. Decorate with almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 370 calories, Fat 15g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 68mg cholesterol, Sodium 386mg sodium, Carbohydrate 55g carbohydrate (39g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
EVERYDAY COCOA CAKE
Categories Cake Chocolate Dessert Bake Gourmet Kidney Friendly Vegetarian Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- Beat together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla.
- Add flour mixture and water alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour and mixing just until combined.
- Pour batter into cake pan and bake in middle of oven until springy to the touch and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour. Cool in pan 1 hour. Invert onto a rack, then turn right side up and dust with confectioners sugar.
COCOA CAKE
THIS CAKE is so moist it doesn't need frosting. I simply sprinkle powdered sugar over the top. It's my favorite dessert to bring for potlucks, and there's never a piece left to take home! -Beulah Sak, Fairport, New York
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 40m
Yield 9 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Using a spoon, make 3 wells in the dry ingredients. Pour oil into the first, vinegar into another and vanilla into the third. Slowly pour water over all. Beat on low speed until thoroughly combined (batter will be thin). , Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 242 calories, Fat 9g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 272mg sodium, Carbohydrate 39g carbohydrate (22g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 2g protein.
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