CHOCOLATE MERLOT CAKE RECIPE

Chocolate Merlot Cake Recipe image

Provided by VickiC223

Number Of Ingredients 19

For cake:
1 C unsalted butter room temp
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
1 t van x
1/4 C applesauce
2 C + 1 T flour
3/4 C cocoa
1 1/2 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon
3/4 C Merlot wine
Frosting:
2 sticks, unsalted butter, room temp
1 C cocoa
2 t van x
5-6 C 10x sugar
1/2 C merlot wine

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350. Prep three round cake pans with parchment paper on the bottom & spray with PAM. Mix butter & sugar. Add eggs, then van x & applesauce. In separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt & cinnamon. Fold 1/3 of flour mixture into butter mix. Mix in 1/3 of wine. Continue this process two more times. Pour batter into pans & bake 25 mins or tool toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pans 20 mins before removing from pans. Frosting: Cream butter, cocoa & van x. Add 10 x alternating with merlot. Ice cooled cake