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Simple
Chocolate Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180
degrees C)
and place oven rack in the center of the oven. Butter, or spray with a non
stick vegetable spray, two - 9
inch (23 cm) cake pans. Then line the bottoms
of the pans with parchment paper. 
Simple
In a
large bowl whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking
powder, baking
soda, and salt. Chocolate
Cake:
In another large bowl,
whisk together the eggs, water (or coffee), milk, oil,
and vanilla extract. Add the wet ingredients to the
dry ingredients and stir, or 2 cups (400
whisk,
until combined. (The batter will be quite thin.) Evenly divide the batter grams)
between the two pans and bake for about 27 - 32 minutes or until a toothpick granulated
inserted into the center of the cake
just comes out clean.   white sugar

Remove
from oven and let cool on a wire rack
for about 10 minutes. 1 3/4 cups
Then remove the cakes from their pans and cool completely
on a (245
grams)
greased wire rack before frosting. all-purpose
flour
Chocolate
Frosting: Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl
3/4 cup
(75
placed over a
saucepan of simmering water. Remove from heat
grams)
and let cool to room temperature.
unsweetened
In the bowl of
your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the cocoa
butter until smooth and
creamy (about 1 minute). Add the sugar powder
and beat until it is light and fluffy
(about 2 minutes). Beat in the (regular or
vanilla extract. Add the chocolate and beat on
low speed until Dutch-
incorporated. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until processed)
frosting is smooth and glossy (about 2 -3 minutes).
1 1/2
Serves
about 12 people. teaspoons
baking
powder

1
1/2
teaspoons
baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon
salt

2 large eggs

1/2
1 cup (240
ml) warm
water (or
coffee)

1 cup (240
ml) milk

1/2
cup (120
ml) corn,
vegetable,
safflower or
canola oil

1
1/2
teaspoons
pure vanilla
extract

Chocolate
Frosting:

6 ounces
(180 grams)
semi sweet
or
bittersweet
chocolate,
coarsely
chopped

1
cup (226
grams)
unsalted
butter, room
temperature

2
cups (230
grams)
confectioners
(powdered or
icing) sugar,
sifted

1 1/2
teaspoons
pure
vanilla
extract

2/2