Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, 14 layer chocolate cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
14 Layer Chocolate Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. 14 Layer Chocolate Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Have batter a little thinner than usual. Wax paper & grease cake pans. Turn layers out and keep covered with dish towels.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 14 layer chocolate cake using 12 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make 14 Layer Chocolate Cake:
- Get 1 cup shortening
- Get 4 eggs
- Make ready 3 cup plain flour
- Take 2 tbsp baking powder
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup sweet milk aka whole milk
- Get 1 tbsp vanilla flavoring
- Prepare 1 tbsp butter flavoring
- Take 2 cup sugar
- Take 3 cup sugar
- Take 6 tbsp cocoa
- Prepare 1 cup butter
- Get 1 can evaporated milk
Beat in eggs one at a time and continue to mix on medium until eggs are well incorporated. A stately layer cake can be found at all Southern gatherings - whether you're celebrating a birthday, an anniversary, a baby shower, a bridal shower, or even a church potluck. Known best below the Gnat Line, this moist, layered chocolate cake's. The thin layers of both cake and icing were visually appealing as well as delicious.
Instructions to make 14 Layer Chocolate Cake:
- Sift flour and baking powder…set aside.
- Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy.
- Add 1 egg at a time, beat well.
- Add flour mixture alternate with milk. Beat until well blended.
- Stir in vanilla and butter flavoring.
- You may use any 9 inch pan.
- Use shortening to grease pans and sprinkle with flour. I use Baker's Joy.
- Be sure to wash pans after each layers to prevent a build up in pans.
- Spread 1/2 cup of batter in pans and bake at 375 preheated oven until lightly brown.
- You can put layers on wire rack or clean towels until cool. I just start building my cake as I get them out.
- FROSTING l do my frosting first so it can cool down.
- Melt butter in a 4 quart sausepan.
- Mix cocoa and sugar and evaporated milk.
- Bring to a rolling boil. Reduce heat and cook 2 mins. STIRRING CONSTANTLY while cooking. Remove from heat and cool. It will be thin. Spread generously between layers on top and sides of cake.
The icing has a taste similar to brigadeiros, or Brazilian chocolate fudge balls, with an almost caramel-like quality to the chocolate and coffee flavor. The recipe calls for an interesting technique of layering the cake while still hot, and it worked. Also worth mentioning, the combination of the chocolate and almond buttercream frostings tastes exactly like a swirled ice cream cone. It seems that young folks as well as old folks love this cake. It may not be the most beautiful cake but it sure is good.
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