How to Make Appetizing Chocolate Birthday Cake (with buttercream)

Chocolate Birthday Cake (with buttercream).

You can have Chocolate Birthday Cake (with buttercream) using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you Prepare that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Birthday Cake (with buttercream)

1. You need 2 cups of sugar.
2. Prepare 2 cups of sugar.
3. You need 3/4 cup of cocoa powder (I use unsweetened).
4. You need 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
5. You need 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda.
6. It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
7. You need 1 cup of buttermilk.
8. You need 1/2 of vegetal oil.
9. You need 2 of eggs.
10. Prepare 2 teaspoons of vanilla paste/ extract.
11. It's 1-2 teaspoons of expresso powder.

Chocolate Birthday Cake (with buttercream) step by step

1. Preheat oven at 350.
2. Mix dry ingredients (Coffee wont add any flavor, it will only enhance the chocolate flavor).
3. Mix wet ingredients and add them to the dry mixture..
4. Mix in medium speed (just as necessary).
5. Divide into 2 (or more) pans depending on size. (I used 2 pans of 8' each for the cake in the picture).
6. Cook for 30-35 minutes. DONT OPEN OVEN DOOR until the 30 min mark and then check with a knife..
7. Remove from oven.
8. Let cool and assemble..
9. Look for my buttercream recipe to fill it and top it!!.