Brooklyn Blackout Cake Recipe

Brooklyn Blackout Cake Recipe

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Calling all chocoholics! This seriously is, hands down, without question, the best chocolate cake you’ll ever eat. This World War II-era cake was made famous by a bakery chain out of Brooklyn, New...

Keywords

  • Cake
  • Chocolate
  • Chocolate Cake
  • Valentine's Day
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Cooking tools:

  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Hand mixer
  • Cake pan
  • Offset spatula
  • Cooling rack
  • Bread knife
  • Serving platter
  • Parchment paper
  • Plastic wrap
  • Oven
  • Stove
  • Refrigerator
  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Toothpick

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cups water
  • ½ cup Dutch cocoa powder
  • 2 oz. unsweetened bar chocolate, finely chopped
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. table salt
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 1 oz. unsweetened bar chocolate, finely chopped
  • 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter, diced
  • 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup cornstarch
  • 2 Tbsp. Dutch cocoa powder
  • ⅛ tsp. table salt
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. light corn syrup
  • 8 oz. semisweet bar chocolate, finely chopped
  • 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter (12 Tbsp.), diced

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