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Classic Chocolate Cake

5/13/2022

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I've told my story on the blog before so at the risk of being redundant - I will do my best to summarize concisely.  I met my soul mate when I was 10.  We went on our first date when we were 15 and we made the commitment to spend our lives together at the ripe old age of 22. 💒  Of course, we had it all figured out - in a way that only 2 young twenty somethings could. 😅  We had it so together, in fact, that me moved across the country and welcomed our first baby before we reached the age of 24.👶🏻 😂 

I definitely feel like we grew up together in a way that a lot of couples don't get to experience.  I will only speak for myself when I say that I've changed and grown and evolved into the person that I am today - as a result of having this incredible person in my life for the last 40 years.  If you're privileged enough to know him, you know that he's got a heart of gold and loves with reckless abandon.  #toknowhimistolovehim
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He's my complete opposite in so many ways and yet I still have no doubt that he's the perfect person to spend my life with.  If you're an enneagram person - he's a 7 and I'm a 1.  Basically, he's the optimistic, find the fun in every situation, life of the party kind of guy.  I'm the perfectionist, planner, introverted, organizer extraordinaire.     ​

We're different.  VERY different.  One of us is a land lover who enjoys anything with water.  The other likes to have his head in the clouds.✈️  For years, my better half has worked towards earning his IFR certification.   Those of you in the flying world, already know what that means - and for the rest of the population who doesn't understand airplane lingo (including me) - this means that my favorite pilot can now have his head (and airplane) in the clouds. ☁️  ​
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So many sacrifices, study sessions, test flights and prayers went into achieving this monumental goal.  This was an achievement worthy of celebration.  And in this house - we celebrate all major accomplishments the way that everyone should - with dessert. 🎂  And my family's celebration dessert of choice is unquestionably - chocolate cake.  ​
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Classic Chocolate Cake
Cake
6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup hot water
1/4 cup + 2 Tablespoons cocoa
2 1/2 cups + 2 Tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 cups + 2 Tablespoons flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
3 teaspoons vanilla
6 eggs + 3 egg yolks
18 Tablespoons butter, softened

Frosting
1 1/2 pounds semisweet chocolate
12 Tablespoons butter
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons corn syrup
3 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups heavy cream
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Combine chocolate, hot water and cocoa.  Microwave until melted.  
Add 1/2 c. sugar and stir until thick and glossy.   
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Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. 
Combine buttermilk and vanilla.  
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Whisk eggs and yolks until combined. 
Add 1 1/4 c. sugar and whisk 2-3 minutes on high.  
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Replace whisk with paddle and add chocolate mixture to mixer.  
Beat in butter, 1 Tablespoon at a time. 
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Add flour in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk.  
Divide batter between 3 greased, parchment lined 9" baking pans.  
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Bake 28-30 minutes at 350.
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Melt chocolate for frosting.  
Melt butter in saucepan.  
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Add sugar, corn syrup, vanilla and salt. 
Beat cream, chocolate and butter mixture in bowl of standing mixer.
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Place mixer bowl in an ice bath and stir until thickened.  
Beat frosting with paddle attachment until light and fluffy.  
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Place 1 cake layer on serving platter.  
Spread 1 1/2 cups frosting over cake. 
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Repeat or top with final cake layer and frost top.   
Frost sides with remaining frosting.
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Enough said.  😅

​Ciao!
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