Brick Street Chocolate Cake for CONVENTIONAL (regular) Oven

INGREDIENTS

!Cake:

2 cups

sugar

1 cup

unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 tsp

pure vanilla extract

large eggs

2 1/2 cups

cake flour

1 cup

baking cocoa, sifted

2 tsp

baking soda

1/2 tsp

salt

1/2 cup

instant chocolate pudding mix (small box)

2 1/4 cups

buttermilk

1 cup

semi-sweet chocolate chips

!Chocolate Icing:

1/2 cup

water

1/2 cup

butter

1 tsp

vanilla

1 cup

baking cocoa, sifted

3 1/2 cups

powdered sugar, sifted

3 tbsp

heavy cream (more or less for consistency)