Outrageously Good Chocolate Layer Cake - Wheat Recipes | Anson Mills - Artisan Mill Goods

Ingredients

• 3 ounces unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 9 ounces boiling water or hot brewed coffee
• 8 ounces unsalted European-style butter, cut into 8 pieces, room temperature, plus additional for greasing the pans
• 5 ounces Anson Mills Colonial-Style Fine Cloth-Bolted Pastry Flour, plus additional for dusting the pans
• 5 ounces Anson Mills Artisan Fine Cloth-Bolted White Lammas Cake Flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1¼ teaspoons fine sea salt
• 13 ounces sugar
• 6.8 ounces shelled eggs (about 4 large), room temperature
• 2 ounces almond oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3.5 ounces egg yolks (from 5 or 6 large eggs)
• 3.5 ounces plus 3.5 ounces sugar
• 4 ounces whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 8 ounces good-quality bittersweet chocolate (about 80 percent cocoa solids), chopped
• 1 ounce water
• 2 ounces egg whites (from 2 large eggs)
• ⅛ teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 pound unsalted European-style butter, room temperature