Black Magic Cake Recipes

Steps:

• For the cake: Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of two 9-inch round cake pans with parchment and grease the parchment and the sides of the pans with oil.
• Stir together the cocoa powder and boiling water in a small bowl and let sit to bloom for 5 minutes (this step intensifies the chocolate flavor in the cake).
• Whisk together the granulated sugar, flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together the bloomed cocoa, oil, milk, eggs and vanilla in a medium bowl. Pour the cocoa mixture into the sugar mixture and stir until smooth (the batter will be thin). Divide the batter evenly between the prepared cake pans. Bake until the cakes bounce back when pressed in the middle and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool completely in the pans on a rack.
• For the filling and frosting: Heat the cream in a double boiler over low heat, whisking occasionally, until it begins to steam. Whisk in the cocoa powder, chocolate, espresso powder, vanilla and salt until the mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the butter until melted. Whisk in the confectioners' sugar until incorporated. Let the frosting cool completely.
• To assemble: Put 1 cake, bottom-side up, on a serving plate or cake stand. Spread about 1 cup of the frosting over the top but not all the way down the side. Top with the other cake, bottom-side up, and frost the top and sides with the remaining frosting.
• For the spider web or mummy decoration: Microwave the marshmallows in a microwave-safe medium bowl until they swell and are soft enough to stir, about 1 minute. Let sit a few minutes until cool enough to touch. Spray your hands with cooking spray. For a spider web, pick up a tablespoon-sized blob of the melted marshmallow and stretch it over and around the cake; repeat so that the strings of marshmallow crisscross one another in many directions, and continue until you have what looks like a spider web. For a mummy, stretch the marshmallow so that all the strings on the top of the cake run in the same direction, leaving a small gap between strings for the mummy's eyes to peek out. Garnish with a candy spider or several candy spiders for the web cake or candy eyes for the mummy 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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Combine sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• Mix buttermilk, oil, coffee, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Pour over sugar mixture in the large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until batter is smooth and thin, about 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer.
• Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Beat at medium speed for two minutes. Batter will be thin.
• Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 pan or two 9 inch cake pans.
• Bake at 350*F. for 35-40 minutes for a 9x13, or 30-35 minutes for layer pans.
• Combine frosting ingredients and mix with a hand or stand mixer. Spread frosting on cooled cakes.

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients then add oil and eggs.
• Alternate milk with chocolate (cocoa and coffee).
• Mix thoroughly.
• Batter will be very thin.
• Bake in a greased tube pan-one that doesn't come apart because thin batter will leak.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.

Steps:

• Mix the dry ingredients together. Add to the dry mix the eggs, tomato soup, buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Beat till all is moist and well blended. About 5 minutes total.
• Pour into a greased 9x13 pan and bake 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or till toothpick comes out clean.
• Frost with your favorite frosting.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cover bottoms of 2 (9-inch) round pans with parchment; spray with cooking spray.
• Melt 4 oz. chocolate as directed on package. Combine flour, baking soda and baking powder. Beat granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in melted chocolate. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, mixing well after each addition. Blend in 1/2 cup coffee concentrate. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Loosen cakes from sides of pans with knife. Invert onto wire racks; gently remove pans and parchment. Cool cakes completely.
• Melt remaining chocolate. Beat cream cheese and remaining butter in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add melted chocolate and remaining coffee concentrate; mix well. Gradually add powdered sugar, mixing well after each addition.
• Stack cake layers on plate, filling and frosting layers with cream cheese frosting.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease a 12 cup Bundt Pan.
• In 4qt.
• microwave safe bowl, combine butter, syrup and candy bars, heat 5 1/2 minutes on medium (50% power) whisking once.
• Whisk until smooth.
• Whisk in sugar, then buttermilk, vanilla and eggs.
• Stir in flour, cocoa, salt and soda.
• Pour batter into pan.
• Bake 1 1/2 hours or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out almost clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Loosen cake from pan, invert onto rack to cool.
• After cake has completely cooled sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• (The cake is so rich it needs no icing).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Grease and flour two 9 inch rounds 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°F (175°C) for 30-40 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.