Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

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This is chocolate heaven. Soft and moist chocolate cake, with creamy frosting. I actually make this chocolate cake a lot and use it as my base for many different desserts. It’s easy, so tasty and has just the right texture.
Prep time: 45 mins – Cook time: 30 mins – Assembly time: 60 mins (including 30 mins chilling) – Total time: 2 hours 15 mins

See recipe for chocolate buttercream frosting HERE.

How to…..

Preheat oven to 350F/176 C. 

Cake

Mix all the dry ingredients. Then add the wet ingredients and mix with a handheld electric whisk. Pour into the pan and bake for 30 mins at 350 F/176 C.

Now make the frosting.

Assembly:

Put one cake on the turntable and top it with ½ cup of chocolate buttercream. Spread the buttercream with an offset spatula or knife. Put the other cake, top side down, on top of it. Then start frosting the cake. You will do a first layer of frosting which is the cookie crumb coating. Using an offset spatula or knife, frost the sides of the cake and then do the top. It will be a thin layer of frosting just to hold the crumbs in, so don’t worry about how it looks. Chill it in the fridge for 30 minutes – 1 hour. Remove from the fridge and do the second layer of frosting – starting with the sides again. After frosting the sides, move to the top of the cake and frost it evenly. Sprinkle the crushed peanuts on top.

See the video on how to frost a cake HERE.