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Receta Old-Fashioned Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting
by Michelle Norris

For the Cake:

1. Make the Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.

3. Combine the chocolate, cocoa powder and hot water in a medium heatproof bowl; set the bowl over a saucepan with 1 inch of simmering water. Stir the mixture occasionally with a rubber spatula until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Add ½ cup of the sugar to the chocolate mixture and stir until it is thick and glossy, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the bowl from the heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.

4. In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the eggs and yolks on medium-low speed until combined. Add the remaining 1¼ cups sugar, increase the speed to high, and whip until fluffy and lightened in color, 2 to 3 minutes.

5. Replace the whisk with the paddle attachment. Add the cooled chocolate mixture to egg mixture and mix on medium speed until thoroughly incorporated, 30 to 45 seconds, scraping down the sides of bowl as needed. Add the softened butter one piece at a time, mixing about 10 seconds after each addition.

6. Combine the buttermilk and vanilla extract in a measuring cup. Add one-third of flour mixture followed by half of buttermilk mixture, mixing until incorporated after each addition (about 15 seconds). Repeat using half of remaining flour mixture and all of remaining buttermilk mixture (the batter may appear separated). Scrape down sides of bowl and add the remaining flour mixture; reduce the speed to medium-low and mix until the batter is thoroughly combined, about 15 seconds. Mix the batter a few times by hand with a rubber spatula to incorporate any remaining flour. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans and smooth the batter in an even layer.

7. Bake cakes until toothpick inserted into center comes out with a few crumbs attached, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans for 15 minutes, then turn them onto wire rack to cool completely before frosting. (Don't make the frosting until you are ready to frost the cake.)

8. Make the Frosting: Place the chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl set over a saucepan with 1 inch of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally until completely melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and set aside.

9. Empty the water from the saucepan and wipe it dry with a paper towel. Heat the butter in the saucepan over medium-low heat until melted. Increase heat to medium; add the sugar, corn syrup, vanilla and salt, and stir with a heatproof rubber spatula until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat. Add the melted chocolate, butter mixture, and heavy cream to the bowl of a standing mixer and stir with a spatula to thoroughly combine.

10. Place the mixer bowl in an ice bath and stir constantly with a rubber spatula until the frosting is thick and beginning to harden against the sides of bowl, 1 to 2 minutes (the frosting should be 70 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer). Place the bowl on the mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-high speed until the frosting is light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir with a rubber spatula by hand until completely smooth.

11. Assemble the Cake: Place one cake layer on a serving platter and spread 1½ cups of the frosting evenly across the top of the cake. Place the second cake layer on top, then spread the remaining frosting evenly over the top and sides of cake. Leftover cake (or cake made ahead of time) should be refrigerated and brought back to room temperature before serving.