Lizzie's Old Fashioned Cocoa Cake with Caramel Icing

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Total Time:
1 hr 20 min
Prep
10 min
Inactive
20 min
Cook
50 min
Yield:
12 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

Cake:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more to grease pans
  • 2/3 cup cocoa
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/3 sticks (2/3 cup) butter, plus more to grease pans
  • 1 2/3 cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Cooking spray

Caramel Icing:

  • 4 cups sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
  • Special equipment: candy thermometer

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour two 9-inch cake pans

For the cake: Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt and set aside. With an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Add the flour mixture in stages with 1 1/3 cups water, beginning and ending with the flour.

Divide the batter evenly between the pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Turn the layers out onto racks that have been sprayed with cooking spray.

For the caramel icing: Mix 3 cups of the sugar and the milk in a heavy 3-quart saucepan. Bring slowly to a boil and keep it hot. Caramelize the remaining cup of sugar in an iron skillet. Do this by cooking over medium-high heat and stirring and scraping the pan with a flat-edged spatula as the sugar melts. Continue to cook until the syrup turns to medium or dark brown in color. This occurs at about 320 degrees F to 350 degrees F on a candy thermometer. Do not scorch the syrup. Stream the syrup into the boiling sugar and milk mixture and cook to the soft ball stage, about 238 degrees F. Add the butter, vanilla extract and baking soda.

Pour the hot mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer and beat as it cools until the icing is creamy, 15 to 20 minutes. Watch the icing because it will go from runny to too thick very quickly. Spread on the cake layers while the icing is still warm. If it becomes too stiff, add a few drops of hot water.

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  • on June 06, 2013

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    Moist, very light, not black,no coffee, just a good chocolate cake.

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  • on May 30, 2013

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    I've tried many chocolate cake recipes, and this one is now my favorite. The cake is very moist and chocolaty....absolutely delicious!! The frosting is very sweet, but pairs well with the cake.

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  • on May 22, 2013

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    This is an amazing cake! Very moist and easy!

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