Swiss Chocolate Cake recipe

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Ingredients

1 ¾ cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups white sugar
½ cup butter
1 ¼ cups evaporated milk
2 eggs
2 ½ (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon red food coloring

Nutrition Info

317.9 calories
carbohydrate: 46 g
cholesterol: 58.9 mg
fat: 13.7 g
fiber: 1.3 g
protein: 5.4 g
saturatedFat: 8.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 397.1 mg
sugar: 27.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and sugar.

  2. Stir butter just to soften, and add to flour mixture. Add 1 cup milk until all flour is dampened. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed, or 300 vigorous strokes by hand.

  3. Add to the flour mixture eggs, vanilla, melted chocolate, food coloring, and remaining 1/4 cup milk. Beat 1 minute in mixer, or 150 strokes by hand. Line the bottoms of two 9 inch round cake pans with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.

  4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool.

  5. Frost with Chocolate Torte Frosting when completely cooled.

Recipe Yield

1 - 9 inch layer cake

Recipe Note

Delicious chocolate layer cake that melts in your mouth.

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