Triple Chocolate Cake - good chocolate cake recipes
Triple Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
For the cake -
2½ cup all purpose flour
1 tspn baking soda
1 cup butter
3 eggs
1¼ cup water
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
½ tspn salt
2 cups sugar
1 tspn vanilla
For the filling
12 oz apricot preserves
For the chocolate butter cream
¼ cup butter; softened
¼ cup sifted cocoa
½ tspn vanilla
1 cup sifted powdered sugar
¼ cup milk
For the glaze
1 cup sugar
¼ cup heavy cream
½ cup unsweetened cocoa
¼ cup water
Preparation & Cooking Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans.
To prepare the cake -In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking
soda and salt. In a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat butter
and sugar until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
With mixer on low, alternately beat in flour mixture and water. Pour batter
into pans.
Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on rack.
Using a sharp knife, split each layer in half horizontally. Spread 3 layers
with the preserves.
To prepare the butter cream filling, beat butter until light and fluffy
Alternately beat in sugar, cocoa and milk. Add vanilla. Divide the butter
cream into 3 portions and spread over each layer with apricot preserves. Stack
layers, ending with the plain layer.
To prepare the glaze - In a small saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, heavy cream
and water. Cook over low heat, stirring, until smooth. Bring to a boil: Boil
for 1 minute. Cool slightly.
Place cake on rack over wax paper.
Pour glaze over the cake, spreading to evenly coat. Chill 30 minutes or
until set.
Garnish with whipped cream piped around the top edge and spot the chopped
pistachios around the top of the whipped cream.