Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with Frosting

A moist and delicious chocolate cake made with buttermilk and cocoa powder and topped with a homemade chocolate frosting that’s plenty sweet. The frosting has a little crunch here and there from some toasted pecans. They taste so good with chocolate.

Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with Frosting

Course: Cake
Cuisine: Southern
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 18
Calories: 471 kcal

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 cup Challenge butter
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Chocolate-Buttermilk Frosting

  • 1 cup Challenge butter
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 (16-ounce) package confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup toasted pecans

Instructions


  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9X13-inch pan.

  • Combine 1 cup butter, 1/3 cup cocoa, and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until butter is fully melted. You can cut the butter into pieces to speed up the process. Remove from heat.

  • Using an electric mixer, beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract until smooth.

  • Gradually add melted butter mixture, beating until mixed.

  • In a medium bowl, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Add to buttermilk mixture and beat until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until set in the middle.

  • To make the frosting, combine butter, cocoa, and buttermilk in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth.

  • Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Pour over cake while the cake is still warm. Let frosting cool and set some before slicing.

Nutrition

Calories: 471kcal

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