Bake and Frost a Chocolate Moist Cake

Today you can have just about any fancy cake you like, but if you are a dyed-in-the-cocoa chocolate lover, once in a while you will have a really strong craving for a chocolate cake that is totally and truly chocolate. Just the pure, rich goodness of chocolate on chocolate melting on your mouth - a truly elemental pleasure! If this craving visits you once in a while, here's a recipe you can use.

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon of the best cocoa powder you can find
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon coffee dissolved in 1 cup boiling water

Once you have all the ingredients prepared, follow these procedures to make your own chocolate moist cake:

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350°F

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   Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

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2. 2
   In a large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon

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   Gently add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla.

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3. 3
   Beat 2 minutes on medium speed, scraping sides of bowl as needed

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   Stir in boiling coffee and water mixture.

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4. 4
   Pour batter into prepared pans

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   The batter will be thin, but don't worry.

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5. 5
   Bake 30 to 35 minutes or test with wooden pick at around this time

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   If the wooden pick comes out clean, your cake is ready.

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6. 6
   Cool completely on wire racks before frosting.

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7. 7
   You are done with baking your chocolate moist cake.

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Frosting Ingredients:

• 1 stick butter
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• A pinch of cinnamon
• A very tiny pinch of salt
• 1/3 cup milk
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting Procedures

1. 1
   To prepare the frosting, follow these procedures:

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2. 2
   Melt butter and stir in cocoa

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   Add cinnamon.

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3. 3
   Add powdered sugar and milk alternately

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   Beat until frosting reaches spreading consistency.

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4. 4
   Add vanilla

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   You will get about 2 cups of frosting. Spread about 2 tablespoons between the two layers and the rest to frost cake as usual.

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5. 5
   Lazy Day Chocolate Frosting:

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6. 6
   On those lazy days when you want a really quick frosting for your cake, melt 2 tablespoons of butter on a thick saucepan, add 2 heaping tablespoons of good cocoa, gradually add a can of condensed milk, and cook over low heat until the mixture is thick enough to spread.

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7. 7
   You are done with the frosting.

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If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.

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