Best Chocolate Cake . . .

[Ivan Kipling]

This is the absolute finest chocolate cake that I've ever tasted. Make no substitutions. Have all ingredients and utensils, at room temp. Mix eggs lightly, before adding to butter / sugar mixture. Don't overbeat. Watch your oven! The instant your cakes shrink from the sides of their pans, they are baked! Invert at once onto greased wax paper, set onto racks. Do NOT allow your cakes to 'cool,' inside their baking pans. They will continue to cook, and harden. My suggestions, for frosting: caramel, chocolate fudge, peanut butter chocolate.
Have fun:

. . . finished product.

 

[migo]

best I've ever tasted is at a diner in Jersey at 4am after a hard night of rolling.

 

[Ivan Kipling]

Whatever you say, migo . . . but if you're ever in the mood, to bake: try this recipe.

. . . sprinkle coffee dust, on top.

 

[Sabrosa]

By chance, do you have the frosting recipe that they mention as well?

 

[Ivan Kipling]

Here's the Rich Vanilla Buttercream Frosting:
4 large eggs
1 cup sugar (7 ounces)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I use coffee liqueur, or rum)
Pinch salt
1 pound unsalted butter, softened but still cool, each stick cut into quarters

Combine the eggs, sugar, vanilla, and salt in the bowl of a standing mixer; place the bowl over a pan of simmering water. Do not let the bottom of the bowl touch the water. whisking gently but constantly, heat the mixture until it is thin and foamy and registers 160 degrees on an instant-read thermometer

Beat the egg mixture at medium-speed until light, airy, and cooled to room temperature, about 5 minutes. Reduce the speed to medium and add the butter, one piece at a time. After adding half the butter, the buttercream may look curdled; it will smooth out with additional butter. Once all the butter is added, increase the speed to high and beat one minute, until light, fluffy, and thoroughly combined. The butter cream can be covered and refrigerated for up to five days.

Variation: Rich Coffee Buttercream Frosting

Dissolve 3 tablespoons instant espresso in 3 tablespoons warm water. Follow recipe for Rich Vanilla Buttercream Frosting, omitting the vanilla and beating the dissolved coffee into the buttercream after the butter has been added.

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[Connemara]

Originally Posted by migo

best I've ever tasted is at a diner in Jersey at 4am after a hard night of rolling.

Cake is a great snack after some heavy rolling.