Black Midnight Chocolate Cake Recipes

BLACK MAGIC CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans or one 9x13 inch pan.
• In large bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center.
• Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Beat for 2 minutes on medium speed. Batter will be thin. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and finish cooling on a wire rack. Fill and frost as desired.

BLACK MIDNIGHT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour pans. 13x9x2 or two 9 inch or three 8 inch round layer pans. Measure all ingredients into large mixer bowl.Blend 1/2 minute on low speed, scraping bowl constantly. Beat 3 minutes high speed, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).
• Bake oblong about 45 minutes, layers 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick insterted in center comes out clean. Cool.
• Frost with your favorite frosting or just sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

MIDNIGHT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10 inch bundt or tube pan OR one 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, and with an electric mixer, combine dry ingredients.
• Add the liquid ingredients (except for the boiling water), and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 25-30 minutes for the 9x13-inch rectangular pan, or bake for 40-45 minutes if using a bundt or tube pan-- or until toothpick in center comes out clean. (Everyone's oven is different, but I baked mine for 41 minutes in a bundt pan).
• Remove cake from oven, and cool completely on rack.
• After cake has cooled completely, frost as desired, or dust top of cake with confectioners' sugar.
• Ganache:.
• Place all ganache ingredients in a microwave safe dish (I use a 4 cup measuring cup) and microwave on high for approximately 1 minute--maybe a little more or less than a minute depending on your microwave.
• Wisk together until chocolate is shiny and of "drizzly" consistency.
• Drizzle on top of cake if you used a bundt cake or spread on cake if you used a 9 X 13 pan.
• Dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
• **This cake makes: One 9 x 13 rectangular cake or one 10-inch bundt or tube cake.

MIDNIGHT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350`F. Butter bottom of 2 [9 x 1-1/2 inch] round cake pans, "flour" with black cocoa. 2. In medium bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder; set aside. 3. In large bowl with mixer at high speed, beat eggs, sugar and vanilla 3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low; beat in mayonnaise until blended. Add flour mixture in 4 additions, alternately with water [begin and end with flour]. Pour into prepared pans. 4. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove; cool completely on racks before frosting as desired.

BACK MIDNIGHT CAKE- BETTY CROCKERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 , grease and flour baking pan 13x9x2 inches or 2 9 inch or three 8 inch round layer pans. Measure all ingredients into large mixer bowel and blend 1/2 minute on low speed scraping bowl constantly. Blend 3 minutes high speed scraping bowl occasionally and pour into pans. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until wood pick comes out clean. Frosting: melt chocolate in cream on slow fire just until melted . Leave in fridge to cool and then add vanilla ( 1 teaspoon of instant coffee) and sugar to taste. Beat cream until fluffy and frost cake.