Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chocolate birthday cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chocolate Birthday Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chocolate Birthday Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chocolate birthday cake using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate Birthday Cake:

1. Make ready 1/2 cup butter
2. Take 3/4 cup sugar
3. Get 1 egg
4. Take 1/2 tsp vanilla
5. Make ready 1/2 tsp baking soda
6. Make ready 1/2 tsp baking powder
7. Take 1/8 tsp salt
8. Make ready 1/4 cup cocoa
9. Take 1 cup flour
10. Take 3/4 cup buttermilk
11. Make ready icing
12. Make ready 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp unsalted butter
13. Take 1/8 tsp salt
14. Make ready 6 tbsp cocoa
15. Get 1 tsp vanilla
16. Prepare 1 cup icing sugar
17. Prepare 2 tbsp cream, milk, or water

Instructions to make Chocolate Birthday Cake:

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.

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