Double Rich Chocolate Cake

Submitted by CJAY8248

"From Norpro where I buy my cooking utensils."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 cups cake flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon clove
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 5 tablespoons boiling water
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 egg whites

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*. Grease 2 8-inch round pans. Sift flour before measuring, resift with baking powder. Add salt, cinnamon, cloves and chopped nuts. In double boiler melt chocolate, add boiling water and set aside. Cream butter until soft, add sugar, and cream again. Add egg yolks to cream mixture 1 at a time as you beat them into the batter. Now add cooled chocolate mixture, and mix well. Alternate flour and milk into chocolate mixture. Stir until smooth, add vanilla and set aside. Whip egg whites until stiff. Fold lightly into cake batter. Pour into 2 8" round pans. Bake about 30-35 minutes. Frost as desired.

Reviews

[Bay Laurel]

I made this cake and it was a hit. I didnt add nuts, cloves, or cinnamon though. I reduced the cooking time to 25 minutes because I used 9 inch round pans. Very tasty. I will make this again. Thanks for sharing CJAY.