Chocolate romance cake
1 cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¾ | cup | Flour, sifted all-purpose or 2 c cake flour |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| 4 | tablespoons | Buttermilk, powdered |
| 9 | teaspoons | Cocoa |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cloves, ground |
| 1 | teaspoon | Allspice |
| ½ | cup | Mayonnaise, + 3 tb |
| 2 | mediums | Eggs |
| 1 | cup | Sour cream |
| 8 | ounces | Cream cheese |
| ¼ | cup | Butter |
| 1 | Confectioner sugar | |
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| Cinnamon, dash optional | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.(moderate) Grease and flour two or three 8 inch layer pans or one 9x12x2 cake pan. Mix all dry ingredients together. Blend in mayonnaise, eggs, vanilla and ½ of sour cream. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed with mixer or 300 strokes by hand. Add remaining sour cream and beat 2 minutes longer. Pour into pans. Bake 25 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out "clean". Cool on rack a few minutes before removing from pan. When cool, frost cake! FROSTING: Cream butter and cream cheese together until fluffy, gradually add dry ingredients one at a time until all are well blended. Add vanilla and blend well.