Sinful Double Fudge Chocolate Cake With Incredible Icing

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, soft
• 1 cup vegetable oil (safflower or canola)
• 1/2 cup cocoa, packed
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butter, soft
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons coffee, hot

Recipe

• 1 prepare 2 - 8" round pans, with butter and flour.
• 2 preheat oven 350.
• 3 cake: in a mixer, beat first 7 ingredients in order, adding one at a time. sift the dry ingredients. fold in boiling water and chocolate chips. (note: if you add the boiling water and the chips together, they will melt, but if you delay adding the chips for a couple of seconds, they will keep their form).
• 4 bake for 25 minutes at or until cooked. remove from pans and let cool on baking racks.
• 5 incredible icing: in a food processor, blend butter, sugar and cocoa for 4 seconds. combine vanilla, milk and hot coffee and blend in just enough liquid until icing is smooth and silky.