Famous Brick Street Cake
This famous Brick Street Cake is a decadent dense, moist cake with a deep rich chocolate flavor and fudge-like frosting.
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Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Nielsen Massey pure vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa sifted
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup instant chocolate pudding mix small box
- 1 cup Ghirardelli 60% Chocolate Baking Chips
- 2 1/2 cups buttermilk
For the frosting:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon Nielsen Massey pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup cup unsweetened cocoa
- 3 TBSP heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat sugar, butter and vanilla in a large bowl, then beat in eggs one at a time.
- Mix in cake flour, pudding, baking soda, salt, buttermilk.
- Add the chocolate chips and stir.
- Pour into greased tube pan and bake for 30 minutes.
- LOWER the oven temperature to 300 and bake for another 30-40 minutes. It is best to check at the 1 hour mark so you do not over bake the cake. Check for doneness with a toothpick or cake tester.
- Remove from oven, let cool completely then frost.
For the frosting:
- In a saucepan heat butter, water and vanilla extract until melted.
- Add the cocoa and stir until smooth, then add sifted powdered sugar and stir.
- Add heavy cream until you get the consistency that you like.
- Pour over cooled cake. Icing hardens as it cools.