Decadent Chocolate Cake | C&H® Sugar

Ingredients

• 4 ounces Bittersweet chocolate
• 1 cup Hot water
• 1 cup Buttermilk
• ½ cup Vegetable oil
• 3 large Eggs, at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons Pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• 2 cups C&H® Baker's Sugar™
• 2/3 cup Cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons Instant espresso powder
• 2 teaspoons Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 ½ cups Heavy cream
• 1 ½ cups C&H® Baker's Sugar™
• 6 ounces Unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
• ½ cup (1 stick) Unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon Salt