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Ultimate Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting

Love and Olive Oil
  • 180 minutes
  • Serves 1

INGREDIENTS

2 cups

(14 ounces/400 grams) sugar

1 3/4 cups

(7.5 ounces/220 grams) all-purpose flour

1 cup

(4 ounces/120 grams) dark or dutch-processed cocoa powder (I used 3/4 cup Dutch processed and 1/4 cup black cocoa for color – do not use all black cocoa).

2 tsp

baking soda

1 tsp

baking powder

1 tsp

kosher salt

2

large eggs, at room temperature

1 cup

buttermilk

1 cup

boiling water

3/4 cup

vegetable oil or light olive oil

1 tbsp

vanilla extract

2 cups

unsalted butter, softened

2 1/2 cups

powdered sugar, sifted

1 1/4 cups

dark or Dutch processed cocoa powder (I used 1/4 cup black cocoa and Dutch-processed for the rest), sifted

1/2 cup

full fat sour cream, at room temperature

1/2 cup

hot water

2 tsp

vanilla extract

fine sea salt

10 oz

dark chocolate (60-70%), melted and cooled to lukewarm