5 Star Chocolate Cake Recipes

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. If you have a flour sifter, sift all dry ingredients.
• In mixing bowl, beat oil, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla for 1 minute. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until combined. Pour in hot water and mix together. The batter will be liquidy but that's a good thing -- it will create a moist cake.
• Spray two 9-inch cake pans with non-stick cooking spray. You can also use three 8-inch cake pans for this recipe. Pour batter evenly into each pan. Bake at 22-27 minutes. Place toothpick or cake tester in the center of the cake to check if it comes out clean.
• Let cool before frosting.

CHOCOLATE CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x13-inch baking pan.
• Combine flour, sifted cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl. Combine milk, coffee, and vanilla extract in a 2-cup liquid measuring cup.
• Combine sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with milk mixture, beating batter briefly after each addition. Batter will be very runny. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely.

BEST MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

5 STAR CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Make the Cake: (Preheat oven to 350F degrees.Lightly grease and flour 3 9 x 1 1/2 inch round layer cake pans.) 1. Combine cocoa with boiling water in a medium bowl, mixing until smooth with a wire whisk. Let completely cool. 2. Sift flour, soda, baking powder and salt. 3. In the large bowl of an electric mixer beat 1 cup butter, the granulated sugar, eggs and 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla at high speed, scraping bowl with spatula until mixture is light -- about 5 minutes. 4. At low speed beat in flour mixture in fourths, alternating with cocoa mixture, in thirds, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Do not overbeat. 5. Divide evenly among the 3 pans. 6. Bake 25-30 minutes until surface springs back when pressed. Cool in pans about 10 minutes. Then loosen the sides and remove and finish cooling on wire racks. Make the Frosting: 1. In medium saucepan combine chocolate chips, cream and butter, stirring over medium heat until smooth. Remove from heat. 2. Blend in 2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar with wire whisk. Then set the bowl over ice and beat with electric beater until frosting holds its shape. Make the Filling: Whip cream with confectioners sugar and vanilla til stiff. Put it all together: 1. Place filling between cake layers. 2. Frost sides, then top of cake. Tip: Refrigerate 1 hour before serving. Tip: Use a sharp, thin blade knife to cut with a sawing motion.

FIVE STAR CHOCOLATE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• Line 13 x 9 baking sheet with foil, and spray with Pam.
• Melt Butter.
• Mix together Graham Cracker Crumbs, Melted Butter and Sugar.
• Press crumb mixture into a 13 x 9 baking sheet.
• Bake the crust for 8 minutes until "set" and golden.
• Remove Crust from oven.
• While crust is baking, mix together Condensed Milk, Coconut, and Vanilla.
• Gently spread Coconut Mixture on crust, and return to oven for 15 minutes (or until the coconut is golden).
• While baking, mix Chocolate Chips and Peanut Butter.
• Remove from oven and spread chocolate mixture on top.
• Place in refrigerator to harden.
• Cut into bars and have at it!

CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together flour sugar and salt.
• Set aside.
• In separate bowl beat eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla.
• set aside.
• In a saucepan bring butter, cocoa and water to a boil.
• Combine 3 mixtures and mix till blended.
• Pour into a greased 9 x 13" pan.
• Bake 25 minutes at 350F degrees.
• ---Icing---.
• Make icing while cake is baking.
• Bring butter, cocoa and milk to a boil.
• pour over sugar.
• mix well.
• add vanilla and nuts.
• Pour over cake while its hot.

THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE YOU EVER ATE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Sift 2 cups white sugar and 2 cups flour together; set aside.
• In a sauce pan; combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, oil, water, and 1/4 cup cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil, remove from heat and add to dry ingredients.
• Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk; add with eggs, salt, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla to cocoa, flour mixture and stir well.
• Pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes.
• To Make Frosting: Five minutes before cake is done combine 1/2 cup butter,1/4 cup cocoa and 1/4 cup milk in saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and chopped pecans. Pour frosting over hot cake. Cake remains moist and may be frozen. Serves 20.