Cocoa-buttermilk Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 3 large eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter
• 4 1/2 ounces buttermilk
• 7 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 butter and line with parchment a 9 x 13 cake pan melt butter, stir in water and cocoa and whisk until smooth.
• 3 set aside.
• 4 sift together flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.
• 5 in a separate bowl, whick together eggs, buttermilk and vanilla.
• 6 add cocoa mixture and buttermilk mixture to dry ingredients.
• 7 combine very well.
• 8 pour into cake pan and bake until skewer comes out clean.
• 9 cool for 20 minutes while making icing.
• 10 icing: melt butter, add buttermilk and cocoa.
• 11 whisk until smooth.
• 12 put powdered sugar into a food processor.
• 13 with motor running, pour cocoa mixture through feed tube.
• 14 do not over process.
• 15 put a platter over the cake pan, flip over so that the cake comes out onto the platter.
• 16 remove parchment pour icing over the top of cake and spread evenly over cake to the edges using an offset spatula.
• 17 do not worry if some goes over the sides.
• 18 refrigerate cake for 2 hours.
• 19 remove from refrigerator and with a serrated knife, trim all 4 sides of the cake about 1/4 inch.
• 20 cut into pieces to serve.