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Dense Chocolate Cake

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • 1 Cup Butter Softened
  • 1 1/2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • 2 1/2 Cups Cake Flour
  • 1 Cup Baking Cocoa Sifted
  • 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 Cup Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix Small Box
  • 2 1/4 Cups Buttermilk
  • 1 Cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips

Chocolate Icing:

  • 1/2 Cup Water
  • 1/2 Cup Butter
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 Cup Baking Cocoa Sifted
  • 3 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons Heavy Cream More Or Less For Consistency

Instructions
 

Cake:

  • Preheat CONVECTION OVEN ONLY to 350°.
  • Beat sugar, butter & vanilla in large bowl.
  • Beat in eggs.
  • Mix in cake flour, baking cocoa, soda, salt, chocolate pudding mix and buttermilk.
  • Stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  • Pour into greased tube pan.
  • Bake in CONVECTION OVEN ONLY at 350° for 60-70 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean.
  • Cool cake completely before icing.

Chocolate Icing:

  • Heat water, butter and vanilla together in sauce pan on stovetop until melted.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Stir in one cup cocoa.
  • Stir in powdered sugar, sifted.
  • Stir in heavy cream, up to 3 tablespoons until you get the desired consistency.
  • Ice by filling the hole in the middle of the cake first, then spread icing over the cake and pour over the sides. Icing will harden as it cools.