3 big chocolate birthday Recipes

butter, plus more for greasing, heaping tbsp cocoa, plus more for dusting, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt, boiling water, buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla extract, whole eggs, beaten, heavy cream, semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces, vanilla extract

all-purpose flour , and, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, butter, softened slightly, vegetable shortening, light brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg, vanilla, semi-sweet chocolate chips