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Valentine’s Day Red Wine Chocolate Cake

by Maryann Pisano on January 22, 2017

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INGREDIENTS
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • ¾ cup Dark Cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup Kendall-Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot
INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Combine all dry ingredients and mix
  2. Add in wet ingredients and mix with mixer until blended about 3-5 minutes
  3. Divide batter among 3 parchmont lined 9″ pans
  4. Bake at 350°c for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
FOR RASPBERRY BUTTERCREAM ICING
  1. 1 cup salted butter
  2. 2 ½ cups icing/powdered sugar
  3. 1/4 cup raspberry puree (from about ½ cup of raspberries pureed in a food processor)
  4. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth
  5. Add raspberry puree and mix until well blended. Add more raspberry to taste if you like.
FOR CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING
  1. 2 cup salted butter
  2. 6 cups icing/powdered sugar
  3. 3/4 cup of dark cocoa
  4. 1-5 tablespoons of water/milk, if needed
  5. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth
  6. Add cocoa and mix until well blended. Add water/milk if necessary for desired consistency.

Recipe: kj.com

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