Fudgy Chocolate Layer Cake

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Title: Fudgy Chocolate Layer Cake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 1 servings

1 3/4 c All-purpose flour
1 c Unsweetened cocoa powder
=minus 1 tb
1 1/4 ts Baking soda
1/8 ts Salt
3/4 c Butter; softened
2/3 c Granulated sugar
2/3 c Firmly packed brown sugar
2 lg Eggs
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 1/2 c Buttermilk
Frosting and garnish:
1/2 c Butter; softened
1 1/2 c Confectioners' sugar; sifted
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate;
-melted
2 ts Vanilla extract
Chocolate shavings (
-optional)

Recipe by: cookie@cdsnet.net (Chris and Lew Hornsby)
Preheat oven to 350. Line bottoms of two 9-inch round
cake pans with waxed paper. Grease paper and sides of
pans. Dust with flour.
Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In another
bowl, beat butter, granulated 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, alternately beat flour mixture and
buttermilk into butter mixture just until blended. Divide
batter equally between prepared pans. Bake cakes until a
toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30
minutes. Transfer pans to wire racks to cool for 10
minutes. Turn out onto racks. Remove paper. Turn layers
topsides up and cool completely.

To prepare frosting, beat butter and confectioners'
sugar at medium speed 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 remaining cake layer. Spread frosting
on tip and sides of cake. Let cake stand for at least 30
minutes before sprinkling with chocolate shavings and
slicing.

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