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DESSERTS
BUTTER
TO
PREPARE
THE
PANS
2
CUPS
UNBLEACHED
,
ALL
-
PURPOSE
FLOUR
¾
TEASPOON
BAKING
SODA
½
TEASPOON
BAKING
POWDER
½
TEASPOON
SALT
¾
CUP
GRANULATED
SUGAR
¾
CUP
BROWN
SUGAR
5
OUNCES
BITTERSWEET
CHOCOLATE
,
CHOPPED
¾
CUP
UNSWEETENED
COCOA
POWDER
½
TABLESPOON
ESPRESSO
POWDER
1
CUP
BOILING
WATER
1
CUP
(½
POUND
; 2
STICKS
)
UNSALTED
BUTTER
,
MELTED
AND
COOLED
¾
CUP
BUTTERMILK
3
LARGE
EGGS
½
TABLESPOON
PURE
VANILLA
EXTRACT
Makes two 9-inch cakes (one 2- or 4-layer cake), 12 servings
Approximate pr
eparation time: 15 minutes, plus 50 minutes
to bake, plus cooling time
Preheat oven to 350°F
. Coat two 9-inch round pans with butter
and cut rounds of par
chment paper to fit the bottoms of each pan.
Insert the large metal chopping blade into the lar
ge work bowl of
the Cuisinart
®
Food Processor
. Add the flour, baking soda, baking
powder, salt and sugars and pulse 10 times and then pr
ocess for
20 seconds to sift.
Place the bittersweet chocolate, cocoa powder and espresso
powder into a small bowl and pour the boiling water over
ingredients and stir to combine; r
eserve.
With the machine running, slowly pour the butter thr
ough the feed
tube. Continue pouring the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla thr
ough
the feed tube until ingredients ar
e
just
combined. Pour the
chocolate mixture evenly over the batter and pulse to completely
incorporate.
Divide the batter evenly between the two prepar
ed pans. Bake in
oven for 45 to 50 minutes, until a cake tester comes out
just
clean.
Let pans rest on cooling racks for 15 minutes. Remove cake fr
om
pans but leave on the racks until completely cool. Once cool, cut
each layer in half horizontally to frost with Cr
eam Cheese Frosting
and build a four-layer cake, or leave the layers as is and make a
thick two-layer cake.
Nutritional information per serving:
Calories 258 (23% from fat)
|
carb. 49g
|
pro. 6g
|
fat 7g
|
sat. fat 3g
|
chol. 54mg
|
sod. 224mg
|
calc. 38mg
|
fiber 3g
DEEP CHOCOLATE LA
YER CAKE
Frost this deep and rich chocolate cake with
Cream Cheese Fr
osting (below).
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Makes about 5½ cups
Approximate pr
eparation time: 10 minutes
Insert the large metal chopping blade into the lar
ge work bowl
of the Cuisinart
®
Food Processor
. Add the cream cheese,
butter, sugar and salt; pulse 2 to 3 times and then pr
ocess until
smooth. Add the vanilla and sour cream and pulse to combine.
Nutritional information per serving (1 tablespoon):
Calories 84 (81% from fat)
|
carb. 3g
|
pro. 1g
|
fat 8g
|
sat. fat 5g
|
chol. 23mg
|
sod. 57mg
|
calc. 8mg
|
fiber 0g
28
OUNCES
CREAM
CHEESE
(
ROOM
TEMPERATURE
),
EACH
PACKAGE
OF
CREAM
CHEESE
CUT
INTO
6
PIECES
1½
CUPS
(¾
POUND
; 3
STICKS
)
UNSALTED
BUTTER
,
ROOM
TEMPERATURE
2
CUPS
CONFECTIONERS
’
SUGAR
,
SIFTED
¾
TEASPOON
SALT
1
TEASPOON
PURE
VANILLA
EXTRACT
2
TEASPOONS
SOUR
CREAM