Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream
Submitted by franciepad on March 18, 2005 at 3:48 pm

This is a wonderful, deep, dark chocolate cake with a chocolate buttercream frosting/filling that's good enough to eat with a spoon right out of the bowl.

Note: Use a 10 ounce coffee mug to measure ingredients.

FOR CAKE
3/4 cup butter flavored Crisco
3 1/4 mugs all purpose flour, plus 2 tablespoons
3 mugs sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
5 heaping tablespoons cocoa powder
3 large eggs
milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 mugs boiling water

CHOCOLATE BUTTER CREAM FILLING
12 ounces Semisweet chocolate chips
3 egg whites
1 1/2 cups superfine granulated sugar
1 1/2 pounds butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla

CHOCOLATE GANACHE
2 cups whipping cream
2 tablespoons butter
24 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

FOR CAKE:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 (10 inch) cake pans, greased and floured, lined with parchment paper.

Cut shortening in to dry ingredients. Place 3 eggs in a large coffee mug (10 ounce mug) and add milk to fill the rest of the cup. Add to dry ingredients in bowl. Add another 1/2 mug of milk; vanilla and boiling water.

Mix for 2 minutes on medium speed. Scrape down sides of bowl. Pour into prepared pans.

Bake for 45 - 55 minutes until cake tester comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove, remove parchment paper and allow to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FILLING:
Melt chocolate in double boiler - remove and set aside.

Place 3 egg whites in the double boiler with sugar and cook over medium heat until warm to the touch and sugar dissolved.

Place in large mixing bowl and beat until cool. Add the melted chocolate. When cool, add butter and vanilla. Mix until fluffy. Use this mixture as filling and first layer of frosting on cake. Place cake with the buttercream in the freezer for 1/2 hour to firm up before covering with the ganache.

CHOCOLATE GANACHE:
In a saucepan, mix and bring to a simmer, the whipping cream and butter. Add in the chocolate chips and stir until smooth Let sit until cool. Frost cake with the ganache.