Rowell's inn old vermont cocoa cake
12 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Unsweetened cocoa |
| ½ | cup | Boiling water |
| ¼ | cup | Butter, softened |
| ¼ | cup | Shortening |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 1 | cup | Buttermilk |
| 1¾ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sour cream |
| 1 | tablespoon | Maple syrup |
| ⅓ | cup | Chopped walnuts |
| ½ | cup | Butter, softened |
| ½ | cup | Unsweetened cocoa |
| 2 | tablespoons | Corn syrup |
| 1 | teaspoon | Maple syrup |
| 3 | cups | Confectioners' sugar |
| 6 | tablespoons | Milk |
Directions
CAKE
COCOA MAPLE FROSTING
Impressive and special, this is a celebration cake. The layers are thin and fragile, so be careful when removing them from the pans.
Cake ~--- Combine the cocoa and boiling water and set aside. Cream the butter, shortening, sugar, salt, and vanilla until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir the soda into the buttermilk and add alternately with the flour to the creamed mixture.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare 3 9-inch cake pans by greasing them and lining them with waxed paper. Measure 1⅔ cups batter into a small bowl and stir in the sour cream, maple syrup, and nuts. Pour into 2 of the cake pans.
Blend the cocoa-water mixture into the remaining batter and pour into the remaining pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool 5-minutes before removing from the pans. Spread Cocoa Maple Frosting between the layers, on the sides, and over the top of the cake.
Cocoa Maple Frosting ~------------------- Combine the butter, cocoa, corn syrup, and maple syrup. Add the confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk. Beat until smooth and of a spreading consistency.
Receipe from: Rowell's Inn, Simonsville, Vermont Source: Yankee Magazine's Christmas in New England, 1995