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Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipes and Tips

Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipes and Tips! Making that perfect cake is easy with a little help. With the right recipe and with the right advice your cake can be out of this world! Make your cake be the life of the party. Be creative and show off your decorating talents. This will make your birthday cake a success. Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipes and Tips are available on this page so that you can create your cake with ease.

Follow this simple recipe for a fantastic Chocolate Birthday Cake!

Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipes & Tips

Ingredients

* 2 cups boiling water
* 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 2 1/4 cups white sugar
* 4 eggs
* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 9 inch round cake pans. In medium bowl, pour boiling water over cocoa, and whisk until smooth. Let mixture cool. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at time, then stir in vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture. Spread batter evenly between the 3 prepared pans.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool.
After your cake cools for best results place on wire cooling rack before trying to decorate.

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