Father's Day Cake

That's the best lookin' chocolate cake I've ever made.  3 layer's with the icing homemade....it tasts devine.

We are going to start on cake part.  First butter 3 round cake pans then dust with cocoa baking powder.

In a mixing bowl combine sugar, flour, and salt.

In a saucepan melt the butter and then add in the cocoa powder.  Stir together well and then add in the boiling water.  Allow to boil for about 30 seconds then pour over the sugar/flour/salt mixture.  Stir together well and allow to cool.  Well if you do that you'll be waiting for a long time.  So just while you slowly stir it all together the flour will allow the chocolate mixture to cool.
In another bowl combine the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla, and beaten eggs.  Once combined stir into the chocolate mixture.  Stir well.
Divide the cake mixture evenly between the cake pans.  This recipe is actually a 4 layer cake...so if you do just a 3 layer be aware that you will have cake batter left over.  I made the 4 layers at the beginning then realized that it wasn't going to fit into my container that I was storing the cake in; so 1 layer didn't get used.

Bake your cakes for 20 minutes.  While they are baking you can prepare the chocolate curls.

Combine 3 ounces of semi sweet chocolate and 1 tbsp. of all vegetable shortening into a microwavable dish.  Microwave until the shortening is melted; about 30 to 45 seconds.  Stir with a fork until the chocolate is melted.

Now get our a cookie sheet and turn it over to the bottom part.  Pour out the melted chocolate on it.

Silly I know!!!  Spread out into a thin layer....

 Place into the freezer for a few minutes after a few minutes check it and you will know when it's done when it leaves a slight finger mark.  Once done get a sharp spatula and scrape it....                                                

Trust me this was something I was really ready to give up.  But this proves that you don't give up..keep trying and you can do it. :)

Once you have all your curls done place them into a baggie and back into the freezer to keep cold. 

Let's make the frosting now.

Take 24 ounces of semi sweet chocolate.  I think it's best to use the semi sweet chocolate pieces; so then there's no cutting involved.  Getting the pieces is the easy way out; don't you think?

Place your heavy cream into a pot and heat up till very hot.  Once it's hot then pour over the top of the chocolate pieces.  The heat of the heavy cream will allow the chocolate pieces to melt. 

Stir together until completly melted then place into a mixing bowl and then into the fridge to get cold.  Once cooled off completly add the vanilla extract in it.

Then mix until light and fluffy.

That looks good just to eat by itself.  Well my husband thought it did too....and nothing stopped him.  He just dug right on in.

It was Father's Day I couldn't tell him no.  Yes honey go right on ahead just don't stick that spatula back into my icing...that's double dippin'...

Make sure that your cake is completly cooled off before icing.  I acutally stuck my in the fridge...it seems to have better results that way.

Time to ice the cake.

Place one cake layer face down; just so you have a flat surface you are working with.  Ice the top of that layer. 

Then place another layer on top of that face down and then ice that; don't worry about the sides right now we will get that at the end.

Keep doing that till you use 3 layers or even all 4 layers.

Once you get to the top put more on top and just scoot it all to the side it will slide down the side and fill in those cracks.  Ice the sides till you have the whole thing done.  Then place your chocolate curls on top of the cake.

Now you can eat it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or what I did was just ate it like that; it's all I needed.  Except the glass of milk to go with it.

ENJOY!!!!!

Click here for the recipe for the chocolate cake!!!

Here is the recipe for the chocolate curls