How To Make George Washington Chocolate Cake
Chocolate and cherry goodness in one? This moist chocolate cake delivers decadence, with tart cherry slices, and a delectable choco-cherry frosting!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2cupsall-purpose flour
- ½tspbaking powder
- 1tspbaking soda
- 1tspsalt
- 1ozunsweetened chocolate,(4 squares), chopped
- ½cupshortening
- 2cupswhite sugar
- 2eggs
- ¾cupwater
- ¾cupbuttermilk
- ½cupmaraschino cherries,drained, juice reserved
For Chocolate Cherry Frosting:
- 1ozunsweetened chocolate,(1 square), chopped
- ½cupbutter
- 4cupsconfectioners’ sugar
- ¼tspalmond extract
- ⅓cupmaraschino cherry juice
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 9-inch round pans.
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Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
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On top of a double boiler, heat the chocolate, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.
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In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then beat in the melted chocolate.
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Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the water and buttermilk, mixing just until incorporated.
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Finely chop the cherries and fold in. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
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Bake in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
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Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
Chocolate Cherry Frosting:
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On top of a double boiler, heat the chocolate, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool to lukewarm.
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In a large bowl, combine butter, confectioners’ sugar, melted chocolate, and almond extract. Cream with an electric mixer.
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Add the reserved cherry juice by the tablespoon until the frosting reaches desired consistency.
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Fill and frost the cupcakes with the chocolate cherry frosting, then serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 709.82kcal
- Fat: 19.72g
- Saturated Fat: 8.86g
- Trans Fat: 1.44g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 6.59g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.99g
- Carbohydrates: 131.90g
- Fiber: 1.92g
- Sugar: 112.42g
- Protein: 4.34g
- Cholesterol: 47.70mg
- Sodium: 380.64mg
- Calcium: 70.35mg
- Potassium: 183.04mg
- Iron: 2.36mg
- Vitamin A: 78.51µg
- Vitamin C: 66.40mg
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