Chocolate Blackout Cake
Pastry star Gale Gand layers her phenomenal, high-rising cake with an intensely chocolaty custard and coats it with cake crumbs.
Ingreadient :
cake
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pan
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/4 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (See Note)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
filling
- 3 cups water
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened natural cocoa powder (See Note)
- 2/3 cup cornstarch
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Direction :
cake
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pan
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/4 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (See Note)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
filling
- 3 cups water
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened natural cocoa powder (See Note)
- 2/3 cup cornstarch
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
