Best Double Chocolate Layer Cake Recipes

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Melt butter and unsweetened chocolate together in a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder in a large bowl of an electric mixer. Add melted chocolate mixture, buttermilk, and eggs. Beat on low speed for 1 minute; increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cakes spring back when gently pressed, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes; invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, bring cream just to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips; mix until frosting is smooth and starts to thicken.
• Place 1 cooled cake layer on a cake plate. Spread with 1/3 cup frosting. Top with second layer. Frost the top and sides with remaining frosting.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Make cake layers: Preheat oven to 300°F and grease pans.
• Line bottoms with rounds of wax paper and grease paper.
• Finely chop chocolate and in a bowl combine with hot coffee.
• Let mixture stand, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Into a large bowl sift together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• In another large bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs until thickened slightly and lemon colored (about 3 minutes with a standing mixer or 5 minutes with a hand-held mixer).
• Slowly add oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and melted chocolate mixture to eggs, beating until combined well.
• Add sugar mixture and beat on medium speed until just combined well.
• Divide batter between pans and bake in middle of oven until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool layers completely in pans on racks.
• Run a thin knife around edges of pans and invert layers onto racks.
• Carefully remove waxed paper.
• Cake layers may be made 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature.
• Make frosting: Finely chop chocolate.
• In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan bring cream, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil over moderately low heat, whisking until sugar is dissolved.
• Remove pan from heat and add chocolate, whisking until chocolate is melted.
• Cut butter into pieces and add to frosting, whisking until smooth.
• Transfer frosting to a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until spreadable (depending on chocolate used, it may be necessary to chill frosting to spreadable consistency).
• Spread frosting between cake layers and over top and sides.
• Cake keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days.
• Bring cake to room temperature before serving.

HANUKKAH GELT DOUBLE FUDGE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Lightly grease (2) 9-inch layer pans and line with parchment paper circles.
• In a large mixing bowl, blend sugar and oil.
• Add eggs and mix until well blended and mixture is thick and lightened in texture.
• In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cocoa.
• Fold dry ingredients into wet- and mix- drizzling in cola as mixture blends.
• If using an electric mixer, use slow speed and mix about 3 minutes, scraping sides and bottom once to incorporate all ingredients evenly.
• This is a thin batter.
• Bake, on middle oven rack, 35-40 minutes, until cakes spring back when lightly touched.
• ICING: Cream melted chocolate, shortening, butter and vanilla with cocoa and 1 cup of the confectioner's sugar.
• Add remaining confectioner's sugar and whip on high speed, adding in a bit of water, cola or half-and-half to get a light, fluffy consistency.
• If not using right away, re-whip before using.
• Add additional warm water to get correct consistency (a tablespoon at a time).
• DECORATING: Place one layer on a cardboard circle.
• Ice this with about 1/2- inch of frosting.
• Place top layer and ice cake- sides first.
• Coat sides with colored sprinkles.
• Garnish bottom edge with coins.
• Garnish top with coins- placing them either flat on top of cake or standing up (You may cut some of the coins in half to garnish border of top layer).
• Place a couple of miniature dreidels in centre if desired or Chanukah candles (can be lit when menorah is lit).

DOUBLE-DEEP-CHOCOLATE HANUKKAH LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Bake cake layers:
• Heat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Oil pans and line bottoms with rounds of parchment, then dust sides only with cocoa powder, knocking out excess.
• Whisk together water, coconut milk, 3/4 cup oil, eggs, and vanilla in a bowl until well blended and smooth.
• Sift together flour, sugar, 3/4 cup cocoa powder, baking powder and soda, and salt into a large bowl. Add wet ingredients to flour mixture and whisk until smooth.
• Divide batter between pans, and bake until a tester comes out clean and layers just begin to pull away from side of pans, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool cake layers in pans on a rack 30 minutes, then run a thin knife around edge of pans and invert cakes onto rack. Remove parchment and cool completely.
• Make frosting:
• Combine coconut milk, chocolate chips, and espresso powder in a heat-proof bowl. Set bowl over a pan of barely simmering water, and heat, whisking occasionally, until chocolate is melted and smooth.
• Remove bowl from pan and whisk in corn syrup and vanilla.
• Chill frosting, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and spreadable, about 2 hours. (To quick-chill, place bowl in the freezer and stir occasionally until chocolate mixture is thickened and spreadable, 20 to 30 minutes.)
• Assemble cake:
• Spread frosting generously between cake layers and over top and sides.

ONE-BOWL DOUBLE CHOCOLATE TRIPLE LAYER CAKE WITH BERRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter and line three 9 inch cake pans with parchment paper, or instead of lining use non stick cake pans and just butter well.
• Combine the flour, cocoa, brown sugar, granulated sugar, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl; blend well, add the butter with the mixer on low, blend until crumbly.
• Stir the milk with the lemon juice.
• Add half the milk mixture, blending on low speed for 1 minute, increase the speed to medium. Beat in the remaining milk mixture, eggs, and vanilla until batter is smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Divide the batter evenly into the prepared pans. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of one layer comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a rack and cool completely.
• Frosting:.
• In a clean bowl, beat the butter until creamy, beat in the eggs and vanilla until light; sift icing sugar with the cocoa; add the icing sugar mixture and beat until fluffy. Frost between the layers, adding a few berries on top of the frosting on each layer. Frost the sides and the top of the cake. In another bowl combine the frozen berries and the berry sugar, mix to coat.
• Place half a dozen berries in the middle top of the cake on top of the frosting.
• Serve the rest of the berries beside each slice of the cake.

DOUBLE LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH MOCHA ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Grease and flour two 8 or 9 inch round pans.
• In a large saucepan, melt butter.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Beat eggs and sugar until light in color, then add melted butter and vanilla.
• Beat in cocoa, flour, salt, and baking powder.
• Add little by little the milk until obtaining a smooth mix (not too runny) Spread batter into prepared pans and bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Do not overcook.
• To make frosting (for an 8 inch layer cake): Combine all the ingredients together in a bowl and then add enough milk to get a smooth (not runny, not like concrete) consistency.
• Usually 1/4 cup to start is good.
• Make sure everything is blended together.
• Refrigerate while cake is cooking and cooling, then frost the cake.

DOUBLE-LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans and preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In mixing bowl at medium speed, beat butter and brown sugar until blended.
• Beat in eggs.
• Add melted chocolate and vanilla; beat until combined.
• In another bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In another small bowl, mix milk and sour cream.
• Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately to butter mixture, about a third of each at a time, beating after each addition.
• (Batter will be very thick).
• Spread batter evenly into cake pans.
• Bake in 350 degree oven until a wooden skewer or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (25 to 30 minutes).
• Cool on racks in pans for 10 minutes, then invert cakes onto racks and remove pans.
• Cool completely before frosting.

HANUKKAH GELT DOUBLE FUDGE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Lightly grease (2) 9-inch layer pans and line with parchment paper circles.
• In a large mixing bowl, blend sugar and oil.
• Add eggs and mix until well blended and mixture is thick and lightened in texture.
• In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cocoa.
• Fold dry ingredients into wet- and mix- drizzling in cola as mixture blends.
• If using an electric mixer, use slow speed and mix about 3 minutes, scraping sides and bottom once to incorporate all ingredients evenly.
• This is a thin batter.
• Bake, on middle oven rack, 35-40 minutes, until cakes spring back when lightly touched.
• ICING: Cream melted chocolate, shortening, butter and vanilla with cocoa and 1 cup of the confectioner's sugar.
• Add remaining confectioner's sugar and whip on high speed, adding in a bit of water, cola or half-and-half to get a light, fluffy consistency.
• If not using right away, re-whip before using.
• Add additional warm water to get correct consistency (a tablespoon at a time).
• DECORATING: Place one layer on a cardboard circle.
• Ice this with about 1/2- inch of frosting.
• Place top layer and ice cake- sides first.
• Coat sides with colored sprinkles.
• Garnish bottom edge with coins.
• Garnish top with coins- placing them either flat on top of cake or standing up (You may cut some of the coins in half to garnish border of top layer).
• Place a couple of miniature dreidels in centre if desired or Chanukah candles (can be lit when menorah is lit).

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round cake layers. Cool in pans 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely. Meanwhile, beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Combine nuts and melted chocolate; drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Refrigerate 10 min. or until firm.
• Stack cake layers on plate, filling with 1 cup pudding mixture. Gently stir COOL WHIP into remaining pudding mixture. Spread over top and side of cake. Decorate with nut clusters.

DOUBLE LAYER MOCHA CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; coat round pans with cooking spray.
• Stir coffee granules into 1 cup of water. At low speed, beat cake mix, eggs, sour cream and coffee mixture until combined. Increase spead to medium-high; beat 2 minutes. Stir in mini chocolate chips.
• Divide batter between pans. Bake 20-22 minutes or until pick inserted into centers comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans and allow to cool completely.
• At medium-high speed, beat butter and melted chips until fluffy.
• Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, then milk; beat 2 minutes.
• Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Spread 3/4 cup frosting.
• Top with 2nd layer of cake and spread with 3/4 cup frosting.
• Spread sides of cake with remaining frosting.

DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE: Preheat the oven to 350°F
• Butter two 8 inch round cake pans and line them with parchment paper; butter the paper. Dust the pans with flour, tapping out any excess.
• Mix the flour with the sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt at low speed.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the buttermilk with the oil, eggs and vanilla.
• Slowly beat the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients until just incorporated, then slowly beat in the hot coffee until fully incorporated.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean.
• Let the cakes cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then invert the cakes onto a rack to cool completely.
• Peel off the parchment paper.
• FROSTING: In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the chocolate at high power in 30 second intervals, stirring, until most of the chocolate is melted.
• Stir until completely melted, then set aside to cool to room temperature.
• Beat the butter at medium speed until pale and fluffy.
• Add the egg yolk and vanilla and beat for 1 minute.
• At low speed, slowly beat in the confectioners' sugar, about 1 minute.
• In a small bowl, dissolve the instant coffee in 2 teaspoons of hot water.
• Slowly beat the coffee and the cooled chocolate into the butter mixture until just combined.
• Evenly spread 1/3 of the frosting over one cake layer to the edge.
• Top with the second cake layer, rounded side up.
• Spread the remaining frosting over the top and side of the cake.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before slicing.

DOUBLE LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease two 10-inch round cake pans. Line with rounds of parchment paper, and grease the paper.
• Combine hot coffee and chocolate chips in a medium bowl; let stand, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Sift sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together into a large bowl.
• Beat eggs in another large bowl with an electric mixer until thickened slightly and lemon colored. Slowly mix in buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Add melted chocolate-coffee mixture; beat until well combined. Add dry ingredients and beat on medium speed until well combined; don't overmix. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a tester inserted in the centers comes out clean, 60 to 70 minutes. Remove from the oven and place pans on a wire rack until completely cool, about 30 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edges of the pans and invert layers on to the racks. Remove parchment paper.
• Frost as desired, or wrap each layer securely in plastic wrap and keep at room temperature for up to 24 hours.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Make cake layers: Preheat oven to 300°F. and grease pans. Line bottoms with rounds of wax paper and grease paper. Finely chop chocolate and in a bowl combine with hot coffee. Let mixture stand, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Into a large bowl sift together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another large bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs until thickened slightly and lemon colored (about 3 minutes with a standing mixer or 5 minutes with a hand-held mixer). Slowly add oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and melted chocolate mixture to eggs, beating until combined well. Add sugar mixture and beat on medium speed until just combined well. Divide batter between pans and bake in middle of oven until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool layers completely in pans on racks. Run a thin knife around edges of pans and invert layers onto racks. Carefully remove wax paper and cool layers completely. Cake layers may be made 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature Make frosting: Finely chop chocolate. In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan bring cream, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil over moderately low heat, whisking until sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and add chocolate, whisking until chocolate is melted. Cut butter into pieces and add to frosting, whisking until smooth. Transfer frosting to a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until spreadable (depending on chocolate used, it may be necessary to chill frosting to spreadable consistency). I found that stirring this over a bowl of ice water did a great job of cooling it off quickly and evenly. Spread frosting between cake layers and over top and sides. Cake keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days. Bring cake to room temperature before serving.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Make the Cake 1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray Baker's Joy onto two 8" round cake pans. if you don't have baker's Joy-Butter two 8" cake pans and lined with parchment, butter the paper. Dust the pans with flour, tapping out excess. 2.In the bowl on a standing mixer fitted with a paddle, mix the flour with the sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt at low speed. In a bowl, whisk the buttermilk with the oil, eggs and vanilla. Slowly beat the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients until fully incorporated 3. Pour the batter in prepared pans. bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean. Let the cakes cool 30 minutes in the pan, gently run a knife around edges to help release the cake, then invert cakes onto a wire rack to cool completely. Peel off parchment paper if used Make the Frosting 1. In a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate at high power in 30 second intervals, stirring,until most of the chocolate is melted. Stir until completely melted, then set aside to cool. 2.In the bowl of a Standing mixer fitted with a paddle, beat the butter at medium speed until pale and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and vanilla and beat for one minute., scraping down the side of the bowl.At low speed , slowly beat in the confectioner's sugar, about 1 minute. If using the instant coffee- place instant coffee in a small bowl and add 2 tsp hot water to dissolve the coffee. Slowly beat in the coffee and cooled chocolate or just the cooled chocolate into the butter mixture until just combined To Assemble 1. set a cake layer onto a cake plate with the flat side facing up, evenly spread 1/3 of frosting over the cake to the edge.Top with second cake layer, rounded side up. Spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides of cake. refrigerate for at least one hour prior to slicing

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE RECIPE | EPICURIOUS.COM

Steps:

• Make cake layers:
• Preheat oven to 300°F. and grease pans. Line bottoms with rounds of wax paper and grease paper.
• Finely chop chocolate and in a bowl combine with hot coffee. Let mixture stand, stirring occasionally, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
• Into a large bowl sift together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another large bowl with an electric mixer beat eggs until thickened slightly and lemon colored (about 3 minutes with a standing mixer or 5 minutes with a hand-held mixer). Slowly add oil, buttermilk, vanilla, and melted chocolate mixture to eggs, beating until combined well. Add sugar mixture and beat on medium speed until just combined well. Divide batter between pans and bake in middle of oven until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool layers completely in pans on racks. Run a thin knife around edges of pans and invert layers onto racks. Carefully remove wax paper and cool layers completely. Cake layers may be made 1 day ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature.
• Make frosting:
• Finely chop chocolate. In a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan bring cream, sugar, and corn syrup to a boil over moderately low heat, whisking until sugar is dissolved. Remove pan from heat and add chocolate, whisking until chocolate is melted. Cut butter into pieces and add to frosting, whisking until smooth.
• Transfer frosting to a bowl and cool, stirring occasionally, until spreadable (depending on chocolate used, it may be necessary to chill frosting to spreadable consistency).
• Spread frosting between cake layers and over top and sides. Cake keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days. Bring cake to room temperature before serving.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (9-inch) cake pans.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed, beat granulated sugar, flour, 3/4 cup cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and coffee granules. Add 1 cup milk, oil, eggs, and 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla to flour mixture and beat on medium speed until well combined. Reduce speed and slowly add boiling water until combined. (The batter will appear very thin, but that's the way it should look.) Pour the batter evenly between cake pans.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool 15 minutes in pans, then remove from pans to cool completely on a wire rack.
• To make Chocolate Frosting, place 1 cup cocoa powder in a large bowl. With an electric mixer on medium-low speed, beat in butter and 2 teaspoons vanilla until creamy. Add powdered sugar and 1/2 cup milk by adding 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time, followed by a little milk. Beat until thoroughly combined. After all powdered sugar and milk have been added and combined, turn mixer to high and beat 1 minute or until smooth and creamy.
• Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate and spread a layer of frosting on top. Place second cake layer over that and frost top and sides with remaining frosting. Using the back of a spoon, create swirls in frosting. Let sit 30 minutes before serving.