Mimi's Cupid's Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter (softened)
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1 cup baking cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups butter frosting (of your choice)

Recipe

• 1 in a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar.
• 2 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 beat on high speed till light and fluffy.
• 4 stir in vanilla.
• 5 combine dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture alternately with water.
• 6 pour into three greased and floured 9" pans.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or till done.
• 8 cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans; cool completely before frosting.
• 9 frosting:.
• 10 in a mixing bowl beat the whipping till stiff peaks form; beat in confectioners sugar; add vanilla.
• 11 assembly:.
• 12 place bottom cake layer on a serving plate; spread with half of the whipped cream filling.
• 13 repeat and then place the top layer on.
• 14 frost top and sides of cake with butter frosting.
• 15 store in refrigerator because of the whipped cream.