Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse

Show: Emeril LiveEpisode: Country Style Cooking

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (10)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(10)

Cook Time:
55 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 55 min
Total:: 1 hr 15 min

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
2 tablespoons molasses
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 3/4 cups packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs
Topping, recipe follows
Vanilla ice cream, accompaniment

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Butter and lightly flour an 8-cup loaf pan (10 by 5 by 3), knocking out the excess flour.

Into a large bowl, sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.

In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, molasses, and vanilla.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar, beating about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after the addition of each. Alternating, add the wet and dry ingredients in 3 additions each, mixing just until combined and being careful not to overwork.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake until the cake is risen and just set and a tester inserted into the middle comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. (If cake gets too brown, tent it with foil).

Cool in the pan 40 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Slice cake into pieces, top with pecan topping, and serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

Topping:

1 cup pecan halves

1 cup dark brown sugar

1 cup water

2 tablespoons bourbon

In a saucepan, combine the ingredients, and simmer until thick. Serve over top of cake.

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recipe Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake
Janet dearborn, MI 02-07-2009
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cook cake but needs something
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I googled chocolate, buttermilk, and molasses because those were the ingredients I had on hand. and wow! this cake recipe... appeared. I've made it twice, the first time "as directed", but it's dull, it just needed something extra. So this time I added coarsely chopped walnuts and sugar as a topping while it baked. I also baked it as a cake, not a loaf in a 14 x 9 pan. it came out great in the time allowed. It's like a dense, dark chocolate cake. I recommend it, it 's much better than a cake mix!Read more
recipe Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake
LuAnn Somerset, PA 02-01-2009
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Excellent chocolate caked
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this cake and it is excellent. I had to tent it with foil after about 40 minutes, but it was completely baked in 50... minutes. I made the cake in an 8 x 8 inch glass baking pan. I served it with homemade whipped cream instead of the topping listed on the recipe. My whole family loved it.Read more
recipe Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake
Anonymous 07-04-2008
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Chocolate Fluffy Dreams
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This Cake is the answer to me prayers its clouds of fluffy chocolate that made my geast go wild.
recipe Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake
Anonymous 05-01-2008
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Yummy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This was yummy, the only thing that I didn't like was that it taisted just like a box chocolate cake, which is good, but not... exciting.Read more
recipe Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake
Beverly Warrington, PA 06-26-2007
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disappointing
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

i baked this cake last evening to take to a funeral luncheon. like other reviewers i baked it the directed time but after an... additional 20 to 25 minutes the middle was still soup = a disaster. it wound up in the trash and i went out and bought another cake for $15. wouldn't waste my time on it again.Read more
recipe Chocolate Cocoa-Buttermilk Cake
Jenna Broomall, PA 05-14-2007
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Too dense
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

A very dense cake that is not worth making. I had to tent it with foil while baking. Once the buzzard went off, the inside... of the cake was no where nearly cooked. The flavor was not great for a chocolate cake. It definately needs some ice cream on the side. I will not make this cake again.Read more