New Years Eve 2020

 Chocolate Cake:

2 Cups Flour

1 2/3 Cup White Sugar

2/3 Cup Cocoa powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 Cup oil

2 Eggs at room temperature

1 Cup buttermilk

1 Cup boiling water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees,  Grease 3 6 inch pans.

Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Add oil, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk on low speed until just combined.

With mixer on low, slowly add hot water.  Increase speed to medium for approximately 2 minutes.

This is a very thin batter.

Divide batter between pans.  Approximately filling, 2/3 full.

Bake 40 minutes.  Let cool for 10 minutes and carefully remove from pans to fully cool on baking rack.

Once fully cooled frost with your favorite frosting.  For this cake I used butter cream frosting.

Butter Cream Frosting:

2 sticks of butter at room temperature

2 tsp. vanilla

1-2 tablespoons milk

4 Cups of powdered sugar

Mix butter and vanilla on low speed for 1 minute

Slowly add powdered sugar.

Add milk until it reaches your desired consistency. 

It's been quite some time since I have made a tiered cake.  I need to get this skill back.  It looks pretty good and it is very tasty which is the most important thing.

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year!  May 2021 be a little kinder to us all.

Stay safe!