Shelly's Recipe

DARK CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Category: Cakes

3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 ounces sweet dark chocolate, melted and cooled
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
White Chocolate Frosting (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350. Grease 2 (9-inch) round cake pans and line with parchment paper.

Beat butter and sugars at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add cooled chocolate and vanilla, beating until blended.

Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed after each addition. Pour batter into prepared cake pans.

Bake for 22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.

Spread White Chocolate Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1 1/2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 (4-ounces each) white chocolate baking bars, melted and cooled
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

Beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add cooled chocolate, beating until blended. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Add vanilla and lemon juice, beating until blended. Cover and chill 45 minutes or until spreading consistency.