Heart Shaped Chocolate Cake

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MamaSue

subheading: Chocolate Cake Layers:

1 ½ cups 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour (210g)

2 cups granulated sugar (400g)

½ dark cocoa powder (50g)

1 ½ tsp baking powder (6g)

½ tsp fine salt (3g)

⅔ cup or about 1 and ⅓ sticks unsalted butter, room temperature (150g)

⅔ cup egg whites or about 5 egg whites (155g)

1 cup buttermilk, room temperature (240g)

1 Tbsp vegetable oil (14g)

1 tsp vanilla extract (4g)

subheading: Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:

2 cups unsalted butter, room temperature (452g)

1 Tbsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste (12g)

½ tsp fine salt (3g)

6 cups powdered sugar (750g)

⅓ cup dark cocoa powder (33g)

½ cup heavy cream or whipping cream (120g)

1 ½ cups dark chocolate, melted and cooled - to be added one the cake is frosted (260g)

⅓ cup heavy cream or whipping cream - to be added one the cake is frosted (80g)

subheading: Recommend Equipment:

2, 8-inch heart shaped cake pans or 2, 8-inch round cake pans

Serrated Knife

10-inch cake board

Offset Spatula

Bench Scraper

3 Small Piping Bags

3 Plastic Couplers

1 Small Round Piping Tip (like a Wilton 10)

1 Very Small Round Piping Tip (like a Wilton 3)

1 Small French Piping Tip

Electric Hand Mixer or Stand Mixer

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