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Triple Chocolate Cake
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Servings: 16
Categories:
Cakes
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Chocolate
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Desserts
Ingredients:
-----CAKE----- 2 1/2
cups
Cake flour 1
teaspoon
Baking soda 1
cup
Butter 3
Eggs 1 1/3
cups
Water 1/3
cup
Unsweetened cocoa 1/2
teaspoon
Salt 2
cups
Sugar 1
teaspoon
Vanilla
-----FILLING----- 1
10/12 oz jar apricot preserv
-----CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAM----- 1/4
cup
Butter,
softened
1/4
cup
Sifted cocoa 1/2
teaspoon
Vanilla 1
cup
Sifted powdered sugar 1/4
cup
Milk
-----GLAZE----- 1
cup
Sugar 1/4
cup
Heavy cream 1/2
cup
Unsweetened cocoa 1/4
cup
Water
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans.
To prepare the cake, in a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 10 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add vanilla. With mixer on low, alternately beat in flour mixture and water. Pour batter into pans. Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans: cool on rack.
Using a sharp knife, split each layer in half horizontally.
Spread 3 layers with the preserves.
To prepare the butter cream filling, beat butter until light and fluffy Alternately beat in sugar, cocoa and milk. Add vanilla.
Spread 1/3 of the butter cream over each layer with apricot preserves. Stack layers, ending with the plain layer.
To prepare the glaze, in a small saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, heavy cream and water. Cook over low heat, stirring, until smooth. Bring to a boil: Boil for 1 minute. Cool slightly.
Place cake on rack over wax paper. Pour glaze over the cake, spread- ing to evenly coat. Chill 30 minutes or until set. Garnish with whipped cream piped around the top edge and spot the chopped pistashios around the top of the whipped cream.
This is from one of my MIL's clippings from Women's Day. Date unknown
Shared by Robert Rostrup
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