You'll need at least a 6-quart mixing bowl to make this large batter.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Yield Makes one 10-inch 2-layer cake
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Cut 2 rounds of parchment paper to line bottoms of 2 (10-by-2-inch) round cake pans. Butter pans; line with parchment. Butter parchment. Dust pans with cocoa; tap out excess.
- Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into bowl of an electric mixer. With mixer on low, add eggs, buttermilk, the hot water, oil and vanilla; mix until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Divide batter evenly between pans. Bake, switching positions of pans halfway through, until a cake tester comes out clean, about 1 hour.
- Let cool in pans on wire racks 20 minutes. Run a knife around edges of cakes; unmold. Let cool completely on racks.
- Place 3 cups buttercream in each of 2 bowls; stir yellow food coloring into one, and red food coloring into the other. Transfer each to a pastry bag fitted with a ribbed tip (such as Ateco #48).
- Trim tops of cakes to be level. Spread a thick layer of white buttercream evenly on top of one layer. Add second layer, cut side down. Frost top and sides of assembled cake with a thin layer of white buttercream. Refrigerate cake 30 minutes. Smooth final layer of white buttercream on top of cake. With the ribbed side of tip, pipe alternating lines of red and yellow buttercream on sides of cake, and press candies around top and bottom edges.
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Diana Kanaya
[email protected]This cake is a keeper! It's definitely going into my regular rotation.
Saad Shabeer
[email protected]I'm not a baker, but this recipe was so easy to follow that even I could make it. The cake turned out great!
Harry Noel Mboh Abwa
[email protected]5 stars! This cake was delicious and so easy to make.
SHRAWAN THAPA KAJI
[email protected]I made this cake for my husband's birthday, and he loved it. He said it was the best cake he's ever had.
Suren Papitha
[email protected]This cake is so easy to make, and it's always a crowd-pleaser. I highly recommend it.
COBRA FREE FIRE
[email protected]The cake was really moist and flavorful. I loved the combination of the chocolate, vanilla, and sprinkles.
Tahsina Alam
[email protected]I've made this cake several times now, and it's always a winner.
Ariyan Ahmmed
[email protected]I made this recipe for my daughter's birthday party, and she was so happy! She said it was the best cake she's ever had.
Happy Hour
[email protected]The cake was a hit at my party! Everyone loved it.
helena Cummins
[email protected]This was my first time making a carnival cake, and it turned out great! It was really easy to follow the instructions, and the cake was delicious.