Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Chocolate Birthday Cake

Chocolate Birthday Cake.

You can cook Chocolate Birthday Cake using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Birthday Cake

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

Chocolate Birthday Cake step by step

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..