Chocolate Cake Ideas

Looking for a special cake

for your Christmas dinner?

A chocolate cake is one

of the funnest and easiest 

cakes to dress up.

Today I used my basic chocolate cake

recipe and whipped up some

icing with some of the same

ingredients as tiramisu.

Slice the two cake layers in half.

Simple, easy and delicious.

For this one I just used creamy white icing and topped it with

 seedless raspberry's and drizzled chocolate.

Chocolate Cake

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup cocoa

1 cup oil

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup half and half

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup of hot coffee* 

*I heat 1 cup of water in microwave and add 1 very 

rounded table spoon of instant coffee.

Mix together in order listed. I usually have the mixer on slow the

whole time I mix up this cake. Pour batter into 2 greased

and floured 9 in. cake pans. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes,

or until center springs back when touched.

Cool cakes and slice each layer in half.

Then you know how to do the rest.

I don't think you need directions for icing a cake.

Tiramisu Icing

1- 8 oz. container of Mascarpone Cheese

2/3 cup 10x sugar

2 tsp. coffee liquor

2 tsp. tiramisu syrup

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups whipping cream, whipped

Mix together Mascarpone Cheese, 10x sugar, coffee liquor,

tiramisu syrup and vanilla. In a separate bowl whip whipping cream

until it holds light peaks. Add too Mascarpone Cheese mixture and

beat until combined. Don't over whip- the texture will get funny.

Creamy White Icing

1 cup Crisco

 4 cups 10x sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

4 Tbsp. milk

Mix until creamy.

Enjoy,

Hope