My Best Chocolate Cake Recipe

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My Best Chocolate Cake
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  1. Grease 2, 8 cake pans with butter-flavored crisco and coat evenly with cocoa powder. Each pan will take about 2 Tbl. or so. *If you have trouble with cakes sticking to your pans, I recommend that you use flour, or half flour and half cocoa for this. Mine never stick, but they are well coated with whatever in the heck they use, and very shiny. You use whatever works best in your pans.
  2. In large bowl stir together first 8 ingredients with a wire whisk well.
  3. Add rest of cake ingredients except coffee. Beat on medium for 2 minutes.
  4. Add coffee carefully, and beat til mixed well. Be careful to add it slowly so it doesn't splatter on you and everything else! Hot coffee can really burn!
  5. Pour evenly into the 2 prepared pans.
  6. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350º for about 40 minutes or til toothpick comes out clean. *This is not a high-rising cake, it's a bit dense. So don't fret when it looks kinda puckered in the very center, that's the way it should look.
  7. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
  8. Frosting:.
  9. Melt butter in microwave.
  10. Stir in cocoa well.
  11. Alternately add rest of ingredients beating with wire whisk, or use a mixer. Beat til smooth and creamy.
  12. This makes enough frosting to frost a 2-layer 8 cake, plus extra to decorate it with. If you just want to frost it, pile it on there! I doubt anyone will complain!
  13. Drizzle with caramel ice cream topping if desired. Top with your heart's desire. I used Brach's chocolate stars, chopped walnuts and white chocolate truffles! Experiment and have fun! :).
  14. Thanks for taking the time to read my recipe, hope you give it a try! :).
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1976.9 Kcal (8277 kJ)
Calories from fat 888.13 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 98.68g 152%
Cholesterol 102.49mg 34%
Sodium 2624.62mg 109%
Potassium 3858.87mg 82%
Total Carbs 263.5g 88%
Sugars 158.34g 633%
Dietary Fiber 8.71g 35%
Protein 23.98g 48%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 4.6mg 26%
Calcium 319.1mg 32%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 401.19 Kcal (1680 kJ)
Calories from fat 180.24 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20.03g 152%
Cholesterol 20.8mg 34%
Sodium 532.64mg 109%
Potassium 783.12mg 82%
Total Carbs 53.48g 88%
Sugars 32.13g 633%
Dietary Fiber 1.77g 35%
Protein 4.87g 48%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Iron 0.9mg 26%
Calcium 64.7mg 32%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 47
    Points
  • 55
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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