Best Ever Chocolate cake

Its our wedding anniversary tomorrow.Every time for whatever occasions may it be, i always buy the cake from the near by bakery.Iam tired of the excessive sugary frosting they put in the cake and sometimes i hate the thick texture of the cake.My tongue always lingers a cake that is soft and moist and yet airy  with a soft,irresistable,buttery frosting.....Guess what!!!!!! i found the cake that i longed and loved for.I got the recipe

from a friend of mine who has great passion for baking.

Ingredients :

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cups good cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup buttermilk, shaken
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee

Step 1:

Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed until combined.

Step 2 :

In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla.

Step 4 :

With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry.

Step 5:

With mixer still on low, add the coffee and stir just to combine, scraping the bottom of the bowl with a rubberspatula

Step 6:

Butter two 8-inch x 2-inch roundcake pans. Line with parchment paper, then butter and flour the pans.

Pour the batter into the prepared pans.

Step 7:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean. 

Cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then turn them out onto a cooling rack and cool completely.

Step 7:

Place 1 layer, flat side up, on a flat plate or cake pedestal. With a knife or offset spatula, spread the top with frosting. Place the second layer on top, rounded side up, and spread the  frosting evenly on the top and sides of the cake or design your own imagination.

 Added some food colour to the frosting and frosted a basket weave decoration.

( will post the recipie for the frosting soon...... which is a made for each other buttercream frosting for this decadant chocolate cake.)