Chocolate Buttermilk Cake - One Bowl. Basic Ingredients!


	Chocolate Buttermilk Cake "Basic ingredients. One bowl." This chocolate buttermilk cake is one of those easy cake recipes that apparently everyone knew about but me. My friend Michelle made this cake for my 30th birthday. (Coffee Brownies is her recipe too!) I asked her for the recipe and I think she thought I was crazy. It was as familiar to Midwesterner as ice tea. It's also called a chocolate sheet cake, Texas sheet cake - and heaven knows what else. The only deviation I take is adding a hint of anise. And if this scares you - DON'T ADD IT. It's just an Italian dessert recipes thing I do. I think anise adds some depth to chocolate. And too, don't tell my kids because they absolutely hate anise....but little do they know (hee hee hee). This chocolate buttermilk cake really does need the frosting. You could skip it, but I'd advise not to. And yes, this is a very rich chocolate cake! There are a couple of workarounds (like if you don't have buttermilk) and a few substitutions. So check out the section below. Chocolate Buttermilk Cake YIELD: 1 Sheet Cake Cake Ingredients: * 2 cups of flour * 2 cups of sugar * 1 teaspoon baking soda * 1/8 teaspoon of anise (totally optional!) * 1 cup of butter (2 sticks) - see substitutions below. * 4 Tbsp of cocoa * 1/2 cup of buttermilk * 2 eggs * 1 teaspoon vanilla * 1 cup water Frosting Ingredients: * 4 Tbsp cocoa * 1/4 cup of buttermilk * 1 stick of butter * Approx 1 pound of powdered sugar Procedure * Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. * Place flour, baking soda, anise, and sugar in a mixing bowl. * Boil water, cocoa and butter. (I zap it in the microwave). * Pour the boiled cocoa and butter over the flour, sugar and baking soda. * Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. * Mix with a spoon. Don't beat! * Pour into a greased sheet cake pan. * Bake for 20 mins. Yep really - only 20 minutes. Frosting Procedure * Boil cocoa, buttermilk and butter on a burner. * Beat in sugar. Eyeball the amount. * Spread this fairly quickly on the cooled cake. Where's the nuts? Since I made this for my daughter's 17th birthday I honored her request for "no nuts". UGH! If you're not dealing with nut-haters THEN ADD THEM TO THE FROSTING! They are awesome! Can I use margarine? I hate margarine! I think I've only bought it twice in my 49 years of living. BUT - yes, it tastes just fine with margarine....OK, the cake part tastes fine with margarine. I'd stick to butter for the frosting though. What if I don't have buttermilk? You can use milk and add a teaspoon of white vinegar to the 1/2 cup in the cake batter. Add 1/2 teaspoon to the milk for the frosting. It's a workaround. Not the greatest - but it works. Back to the top of the chocolate buttermilk cake. Click here to see my home page of - Italian Dessert Recipes. Other Italian Cake Recipes Almond Cake Recipe Amaretto Cake Recipe Amaretto Mousse Cheesecake *Apple Pound* Cake Applesauce Cake Recipe Beer Cake Blueberry Cake Recipe Blueberry Coffee Cake Recipe Cappuccino Cake Caramel Cake Chocolate Amaretto Cake Chocolate Buttermilk Cake Chocolate Torte Recipe Chocolate Walnut Cake Coconut Layer Cake Coconut Cake Recipe Date Bread Double Chocolate Brownie Recipe Eggnog Cake Recipe Flourless Chocolate Torte Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Recipe Harvey Wallbanger Cake Italian Cream Cake Recipe Italian Rum Cake Recipe Jelly Roll Recipe Key Lime Cake Lady Fingers Recipe Lemonade Cake Lemon Layer Cake Lemon Pound Cake Mint Brownie Recipe Peach Cake Recipe Poppyseed Cake Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Pear Cake Recipe Pineapple Carrot Cake Pistachio Cake Recipe Plum Cake Recipe Pumpkin Cake Pumpkin Bread Recipe Recipe For Chocolate Cheesecake Recipe For Pumpkin Cheesecake Ricotta Cake Spice Cake Recipe Sour Cream Cake Recipe The BEST Tiramisu Recipe Walnut Cake Recipe Whipped Cream Recipe Yogurt Cake Frostings - Glazes - Icings Click here to see my cake frosting recipes. Superbowl Sunday is coming up! The best Italian Dessert Recipes for a party like this are ones that are: FAST Finger Foodish (not big hunky sticky globs of gooey-ness that get on your furniture) And freeze-aheads A couple of my favs for this are Cappucino Cookies (lots like choc chips but with a twist) Anisette Cookies (Always on the top 5) Rum Balls (Gingersnaps and Rum) Let's not for get the drinks to go with the beer that will be present! Check out my Italian drinks section for that. Lisa Would you like to share this page? You know how to do it! Thanks for sharing the sugar love! Contact Me Privacy Policy About**
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