Ingredients
The following ingredients have 8 Servings
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1½ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1½ cups buttermilk
- 1½ cups hot coffee
- 3 tablespoons butter (melted)
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1½ cups whipping cream (double cream or heavy cream)
- 12 oz dark chocolate
- pinch of kosher salt
- 3 oz dark chocolate ()
- ¾ cup heavy whipping cream (double cream or heavy cream)
- chocolate chips (for decoration)
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease three 8-inch cake pans.
- In a medium mixing bowl, mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the eggs, buttermilk, coffee, melted butter, oil, and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
- Divide batter evenly in the three pans (this takes about 3 cups of batter for each pan).
- Bake for 30-35 minutes in a 350-degree oven until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool on cooling racks for 15 minutes and then turn the cakes out onto the racks and allow to cool completely.
