Simplest Method to Prepare Appetizing Chocolate Birthday Cake

Chocolate Birthday Cake.

You can prepare Chocolate Birthday Cake using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Birthday Cake

1. You need of butter.
2. You need of sugar.
3. Prepare of egg.
4. Prepare of vanilla.
5. You need of baking soda.
6. Prepare of baking powder.
7. It's of salt.
8. You need of cocoa.
9. It's of flour.
10. You need of buttermilk.
11. You need of icing.
12. It's of + 2 tbsp unsalted butter.
13. You need of salt.
14. Prepare of cocoa.
15. You need of vanilla.
16. You need of icing sugar.
17. Prepare of cream, milk, or water.

Chocolate Birthday Cake directions

1. A not too dark chocolate cake that everone loves..
2. Grease and flour 8 in round pan. I line bottom with parchment. Heat oven to 350°F..
3. Cream butter and sugar, beat in egg, then vanilla. Mix in baking powder, soda and salt, and sifted cocoa. Stir in flour alternately with buttermilk..
4. Spread in pan and bake about 35 min, til top springs back when pressed in centre. Turn out onto rack to cool..
5. For icing, mix all ingredients til smooth, scrape down bowl and beat several minutes til light and fluffy. add more liquid or icing sugar if necessary. Spread on cooled cake..
6. For cupcakes, fill 12 cups three quarters full, and bake about 25 min. Easy to double the recipe to make a 2-layer cake for 12 people..