{"id":62,"date":"2014-06-15T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2025-04-03T20:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:19:30","slug":"chocolate-buttermilk-layer-cake-inspired-by-donna-hay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake (inspired by Donna Hay)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ingredients for the cake:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 cup (250 ml)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Water<\/p>\n

125 g\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Butter, chopped<\/p>\n

1\/3 cup (35g)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cocoa powder, sifted<\/p>\n

2 cups (300g)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Plain flour, sifted<\/p>\n

1 tsp\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bicarbonate of soda, sifted<\/p>\n

2 cups (440g)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Caster sugar<\/p>\n

2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Eggs<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup (125 ml)\u00a0 Buttermilk (can be self-made by mixing \u00bd cup of milk with 1 tsp of lemon juice and leave it for 10 mins or until the milk curdles)<\/p>\n

1 tsp\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Vanilla extract<\/p>\n

Ingredients for chocolate cream cheese frosting:<\/strong><\/p>\n

50g\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Butter, softened<\/p>\n

250g\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cream cheese<\/p>\n

1 cups (160 g)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Icing sugar, sifted<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup (25 g)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Cocoa, sifted<\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/strong>
\nPreheat oven to 160\u00baC (325\u00baF). Place water, butter and cocoa in a saucepan over medium heat and stir until the butter has melted.
\nPlace flour, bicarbonate of soda and sugar in a bowl, add the cocoa mixture and whisk to combine.
\nAdd eggs, buttermilk and vanilla and whisk to combine.
\nDivide mixture between 2 lightly greased 18cm round cake tins lined with non-stick baking paper. Bake for 40\u201345 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer.
\nAllow to cool in the tins for 10 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
\nWhile waiting for the cake to cool down, make the cream cheese frosting.
\nPlace butter and cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat for 6\u20138 minutes or until pale and creamy.
\nAdd icing sugar and cocoa and beat for 6\u20138 minutes or until light and fluffy.
\nTo assemble, slice the cakes in half horizontally. Place one cake layer on a plate and spread with one quarter of the frosting. (When cutting a cake, it\u2019s best to do so with a hot knife. Dip the knife in hot water and dry with a tea towel between each cut.)
\nRepeat with remaining layers and frosting.<\/p>\n

In the picture, I covered the top of the cake with cocoa powder and tiny chocolate balls and wrapped the side with chocolate lace.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Notes: I modified this recipe to make cupcakes with chocolate ganache filling so I could bring them on a picnic in the park on a warm day. It worked perfectly fine.
\nTo make ganache filling, just heat half a cup of single cream (not boil) in a microwave or stove then pour it over approx 300g chopped chocolate and stir until the chocolate melts and all well blended.<\/p>\n

This recipe makes 24 standard sized cupcakes or 1 large cake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ingredients for the cake: 1 cup (250 ml)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Water 125 g\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Butter, chopped 1\/3 cup (35g)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cocoa powder, sifted 2 cups (300g)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Plain flour, sifted 1 tsp\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bicarbonate of soda, sifted 2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cakes-brownies","tag-chocolate-cake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cakify.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}