High Altitude Chocolate Cake Recipes

HIGH-ALTITUDE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Place cocoa into a small bowl, pour coffee over top, and stir to combine. Set aside to cool.
• Combine sugar, yogurt, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add olive oil and mix to combine.
• Combine flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a large bowl; whisk until combined with no lumps remaining. Pour dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and beat until just mixed. Stir in the coffee mixture and pour batter into the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the center looks slightly wet but springs back lightly when touched, 25 to 35 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack and let cool, about 30 minutes.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE (HIGH ALTITUDE RECIPE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Prepare three 8-inch layer pans by lining them with wax paper and greasing them.
• In a double boiler melt the chocolate with the water over simmering water. Let cool.
• In a large bowl using a mixer cream the butter (or use margarine or shortening) with the sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks one at a time and then blend in the melted chocolate.
• In a measuring cup dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk.
• In a bowl sift flour and salt together.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk mixture, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla. Mix well.
• With a rubber scraper or whisk fold in beaten egg whites.
• Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until cake center springs back when pressed with fingertip. Cool.
• Fill and frost with frosting (use your favorite or the following recipe).
• To make the frosting: in a saucepan combine butter, evaporated milk, cream, sugar, beaten egg yolks, and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla, coconut and nuts. Beat until consistency for spreading.

HIGH-ALTITUDE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees, and generously grease two 8-inch round cake pans. Optionally, line the cake pans with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves until combined, and set aside. In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, stir together the oil, sugar, and brown sugar until combined. Add in the eggs, vanilla extract, and shredded carrot, and stir until just combined.
• Add in the dry ingredients and the buttermilk in alternating additions, starting and ending with the flour mixture, and mixing well between each addition until all the ingredients are added. Pour the batter evenly between your two prepared cake pans, and bake for 35-38 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
• In a large bowl, beat together the cream cheese and softened butter. Slowly add in the powdered sugar, mixing well to incorporate it completely. Stir in the vanilla extract, salt, and heavy cream, and beat the mixture for several minutes, or until thick and spreadable. Frost your cake as desired and enjoy!