Old World Chocolate Cake Recipe

Old World Chocolate Cake Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Cake Flour; Sifted
1 1/4 cups Sugar
1/3 cups Cocoa; Baking
1 tablespoons Instant Coffee
1 1/3 teaspoons Baking Soda
3/4 teaspoons Salt
2/3 cups Vegetable Shortening
1 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
2 ea Eggs; Large

Sweetened Whipped Cream Ingredients

1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
2 tablespoons Sugar
1 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Old World Chocolate Cake Directions

Sift the cake flour, sugar, cocoa, instant coffee, baking soda and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
Add the shortening, 2/3 cups of the buttermilk and vanilla.
Beat with an electric mixer, set on medium speed, for 2 minutes.
Add remaining 1/3 cups of buttermilk and eggs.
Beat, at medium speed, for 2 more minutes.
Pour batter into 2 greased 8-inch round cake pans.
Bake in a 350 degree F preheated oven for 30 minutes or until cakes test done.
Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes.
Remove from pans; and completely cool.
Place one cake layer on serving palte.
Spread with Sweetened Whipped Cream.
Top with second cake layer.
Frost cake with remaining Sweetened Whipped Cream.
Refrigerate until serving time.

Sweetened Whipped Cream Directions

Chill mixing bowl and beaters.
Place cream, sugar, and vanilla in chilled bowl.
Beat with electric mixer, at high speed, until soft peaks form and mixture is of a spreading consistency.

Do not overbeat. (If you do, you will have butter.)