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Sam's Favorite Chocolate Cake

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Sam's Favorite Chocolate Cake

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by sweet enough

Sam's Favorite Chocolate Cake

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by sweet enough

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Chocolate Cake
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    sweet enough's Notes: I recently reunited with my father after over 40 years, along with a newly discovered 15 year old half-brother, Sam. Their visit fell on Sam’s birthday and so I asked him what his favorite...

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Serves 1 cake

  1. preheat oven to 350 degrees. sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and set aside.

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  2. place the cocoa and 4 oz. of bittersweet chocolate in a bowl and pour in the boiling water. stir until all the chocolate is melted. set aside.

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  3. cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla extract.

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  4. alternate mixing in the dry ingredients and the melted chocolate mixture. do not over mix.

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  5. pour batter into two 9 inch cake pans and bake for about 20-25 minutes.

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  6. to make the frosting, pour the cream into a saucepan over a medium heat and stir in the 8 ounces of chocolate. wisk until smooth and shiny.

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  7. place the jam in a saucepan over a medium heat and stir until it loosens enough to pour it over the cake.

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  8. when the cakes are done and cooled invert one on to a plate and spread the cherry jam over it. I find it better to spread the jam over the "bottom" of the cake since it is always flat. place the other cake layer on top and pour the frosting over the whole thing. Decorate with whipped cream and cherries for an extra happy-looking cake.

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4 Comments on Sam's Favorite Chocolate Cake

Dsc_0019_2 Reply

What a nice story! The addition of cherry jam sounds fantastic!

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This cake looks to die for. I can't wait to try it!

Heather_cooking Reply

thank you! I'm glad to have the opportunity to share both with the food52 community.

Mrs Reply

What a lovely story. And a great cake!

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