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Double Chocolate Cake

This moist, delicious, and *almost* guilt-free double chocolate cake won't taste like it's made from whole grains. So, if you're looking for "box-cake" but without all the bad ingredients, you've found it!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10 people
Calories 779 kcal

Equipment

  • 2 Cake Pans

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Cake

  • 2½ cups Soft White Wheat flour
  • 2 cups Honey Granules, Sucanat, or Cane Sugar
  • 1 cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tbsp Baking Powder
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Buttermilk or Whole Milk
  • 3 Eggs
  • ¼ cup Olive Oil
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla bean paste or Vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Hot water

Chocolate Frosting

  • 1½ cups Unsalted butter (3 sticks), melted or softened
  • 1 cup Cocoa powder
  • 5 cups Confectioners sugar
  • ½ cup Whole Milk
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste or Extract

Instructions
 

Chocolate Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9" cake pans, lightly dust with flour, and set aside.
  • In large bowl or stand mixer, whisk together dry ingredients: wheat flour, honey granules, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
    2½ cups Soft White Wheat flour, 2 cups Honey Granules, Sucanat, or Cane Sugar, 1 cup Cocoa Powder, 1 tbsp Baking Powder, 2 tsp Baking Soda, 1 tsp Salt
  • In separate bowl, mix together buttermilk, eggs, olive oil, and vanilla bean paste. Slowly add wet ingredients to dry, stirring to combine. Then add hot water and continue to mix until everything is incorporated.
    1 cup Buttermilk or Whole Milk, 3 Eggs, ¼ cup Olive Oil, 1 tbsp Vanilla bean paste or Vanilla extract, 1 cup Hot water
  • Pour cake batter evenly between the two pans and place inside preheated oven. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Chocolate Frosting

  • While cake is baking, prepare the frosting. Using an electric mixer, cream together butter and cocoa powder.
  • To butter/cocoa mixture, slowly beat in confectioners sugar and milk, alternating as you mix. After the milk and sugar has been added and is well blended, add vanilla bean paste and mix until smooth.
    5 cups Confectioners sugar, ½ cup Whole Milk, 2 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste or Extract

Frost & Assemble Cake

  • Once cake is done cooking, remove each pan from the oven and carefully turn them out onto two plates. Let them cool completely before frosting (or the frosting will melt).
  • Spread one cake round with 1/3 of the frosting. Place the second round on top, and use the remaining frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake, until even.
  • Enjoy your delectable creation with loved ones!

Nutrition

Calories: 779kcalCarbohydrates: 159gProtein: 14gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 21gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 126mgSodium: 639mgPotassium: 350mgFiber: 14gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 982IUCalcium: 156mgIron: 6mg
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