Buttermilk Chocolate Cake With Fudge Icing

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sifted flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 5 tablespoons cocoa
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 5 tablespoons hot freshly brewed coffee
• vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º. melt chocolate in a small heatproof bowl set over a small pot of gently simmering water over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. remove bowl from heat and set aside until chocolate is cool. meanwhile, grease an 8" square cake pan with 1 teaspoons of the butter and set aside. sift flour and salt together in a small bowl and set aside. stir baking soda into buttermilk in another small bowl and set aside.
• 2 beat sugar and the remaining 5 tablespoons butter together in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. beat in egg yolks, then add melted chocolate and beat until thoroughly combined. add one-third of the flour mixture, then one-third of the buttermilk mixture, beating well after each addition. repeat process to use all of both mixtures, then pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 40–50 minutes. transfer cake to a rack to cool in pan, then invert onto a cake plate.
• 3 for the frosting: sift confectioners' sugar and cocoa together in a medium bowl. stir in butter, then coffee, then vanilla, mixing well with a wooden spoon after each addition, until frosting is smooth. ice top and sides of cake with frosting.