Chanukah gelt double fudge chocolate layer cake
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 1¼ | cup | Oil |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla |
| 2½ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| 1 | cup | Cocoa; measured then sifted |
| 1½ | cup | Warm; flat cola soda |
| ½ | cup | Chocolate chips; melted and cooled |
| 2 | tablespoons | Shortening |
| ¾ | cup | Unsalted butter or unsalted margarine |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| ¾ | cup | Cocoa; measured then sifted |
| 3 | cups | Confectioners' sugar; measured then sifted, up to 4 |
| ½ | cup | Water; cola or half-and-half |
| Gold chocolate coins; (20 to 30) | ||
| Color jimmies or cake sprinkles | ||
| Miniature decorative plastic dreidels | ||
Directions
CAKE
CHOCOLATE ICING
GARNISH
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 2 9-inch layer pans and line with parchment paper circles.
In a large mixing bowl, blend sugar and oil. Add eggs and mix until well blended and mixture is thick and lightened in texture. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cocoa.
Fold dry ingredients into wet - and mix - drizzling in cola as mixture blends. If using an electric mixer, use slow speed and mix about 3 minutes, scraping sides and bottom once to incorporate all ingredients evenly. This is a thin batter.
Bake, on middle oven rack, 35-40 minutes, until cakes spring back when lightly touched.
ICING: Cream melted chocolate, shortening, butter and vanilla with cocoa and l cup of the confectioner's sugar. Add remaining confectioner's sugar and whip on high speed, adding in a bit of water, cola or half-and-half to get a light, fluffy consistency. If not using right away, re-whip before using. Add additional warm water to get correct consistency (a tablespoon at a time).
DECORATING: Place one layer on a cardboard circle. Ice this with about ½ inch of frosting. Place top layer and ice cake - sides first. Coat sides with colored sprinkles. Garnish bottom edge with coins. Garnish top with coins - placing them either flat on top of cake or standing up (You may cut some of the coins in half to garnish border of top layer). Place a couple of miniature dreidels in centre if desired or Chanukah candles (can be lit when menorah is lit).
Recipe by: Bater Baking.com( Baker Boulanger) Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by Joyce Rosenfield <dogsmom@...> on Dec 10, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.