Ingredients
- 1 3/8 cups plus 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 7/8 cups sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon baking sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/8 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 1 1/2 cups butter
- 4 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Measure dry ingredients, minus the cocoa powder, into a mixing bowl, mix well, set aside. Mix cocoa powder and water in a separate bowl using a whisk, set aside. Add butter to your dry mix the add 90 percent of your liquid mix to the butter and dry mix, mix until smooth. Add eggs to left over liquid and whisk. Then add half your egg mixture to your smooth batter and mix, then add the other half of the egg mix and mix in. The batter will be fluid. Pour into sheet pans or 13-inch round pans lined with parchment. Bake for about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.
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By jraeholmes_5_12...
Waunakee, 89
on March 05, 2011
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Duh... the recipe has an error.
Should be 1/2 tbsp baking soda... not 'baking sugar'. That's why your cakes were flat. If your a baker, you should know there needs to be baking soda and/or baking pwdr.
By Chefbeth79
on February 28, 2011
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This is a horrible recipe for cake. It was entirely too heavy, with absolutely no spring to it. It was certainly chocolatey, but NOT good. At all.
By jjsan_5934898
marlette, MI
on May 31, 2009
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This is absolutely the worst cake recipe I have ever had the misfortune of wasting good, organic ingredients on. The ratios are erroneous ( flour to liquid and sugar . I had to add another cup of flour which would have increased the ratio of cocoa as well. The amount of butter could have been decreased to 1 cup instead of 1 and 1/2.
The cake turned out flat and booooooooooring.......yawn.
If you value your time and money then don't bother making this cake.
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