Double Chocolate Layer Cake

A rich, thick, completely double chocolate layer cake that is constructed from scratch. This is a cake that never gets old in any gathering.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 650 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips
• ¾ cup unsalted butter
• ¾ cup heavy whipping cream
• ¼ teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ¾ cups buttermilk, at room temperature

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

Step 2

Melt butter and unsweetened chocolate together in a saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder in a large bowl of an electric mixer. Add melted chocolate mixture, buttermilk, and eggs. Beat on low speed for 1 minute; increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Divide batter between the prepared cake pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until cakes spring back when gently pressed, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes; invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 5

Meanwhile, bring cream just to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips; mix until frosting is smooth and starts to thicken.

Step 6

Place 1 cooled cake layer on a cake plate. Spread with 1/3 cup frosting. Top with second layer. Frost the top and sides with remaining frosting.