Title: Fudgy Chocolate Layer Cake
Categories: Cake
Yield: 12 Servings

1 3/4	c	All-purpose flour
1	c	Unsweetened cocoa powder; less one tablespoon
1 1/4	ts	Baking soda
1/8	ts	Salt
3/4	c	Butter; softened
2/3	c	Sugar
2/3	c	Brown sugar; firmly packed
2		Eggs; large
2	ts	Vanilla extract
1 1/2	c	Buttermilk
		Frosting and garnish
1/2	c	Butter; softened
1 1/2	c	Confectioner's sugar; sifted
3	oz	Unsweetened chocolate; melted
2	ts	Vanilla extract
		Chocolate shavings; optional

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line bottom of two 9 inch round cake pans with waxed paper. Grease paer and side if pans. Dust with flour.

Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, beat butter , sugar, and brown sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.

At low speed, alternate beat flour mixture and buttermilk into butter mixture just until blended. Divide batter equally between prepared pans.

Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer pans wire racks to cool for 10 minutes. Turn out into racks. Remove paper. Turn layers top side and cool completely.

To prepare frosting, beat butter and confectioner's sugar at medium until light and fluffy. Add melted chocolate and vanilla; continue beating until shiny and smooth.

Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with frosting. Top with remaiining cake layer. Spread with frosting on top and sides of cake. Let cake stand for at least 30 minutes before sprinkling with chocolate shavings and slicing.

NOTES : This recipe is for chocolate lovers only. Chocolate overload!! Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #1 by crmcbride@juno.com (Caroline R McBride) on Jul 14, 1997

Recipe by: Great American Home Baking

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