Name: Best-Ever Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: Cake; 2 cup all-purpose flour; 2 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup unsweetened coco powder; 1 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/2 cup vegetable shortening; 1 cup milk; 1/2 cup cold black coffee; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 large eggs; Frosting; 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/2 cup softened buttet; 1/2 cup light corn syrup; 1/2 cup teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup warm water; 4 cup confectioner`s sugar; 1 cup chopped walnuts, divided

Best-Ever Chocolate Cake.

You can cook Best-Ever Chocolate Cake using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Best-Ever Chocolate Cake

Prepare of Cake.
You need 2 cup of all-purpose flour.
It's 2 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1/2 cup of unsweetened coco powder.
You need 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
You need 1/2 cup of vegetable shortening.
Prepare 1 cup of milk.
You need 1/2 cup of cold black coffee.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
It's 2 large of eggs.
It's of Frosting.
You need 1 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder.
You need 1/2 cup of softened buttet.
You need 1/2 cup of light corn syrup.
Prepare 1/2 cup of teaspoon salt.
You need 1/4 cup of warm water.
Prepare 4 cup of confectioner`s sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of chopped walnuts, divided.

Best-Ever Chocolate Cake step by step

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9inch cake pans. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt..
Beat in the shortening with an electric mixer on low speed. Beat in milk, coffee and vanilla until combined. Increase speed to high and beat for 2 minutes . Add the eggs ; beat for 2 minutes..
Pour the batter into the prepared pans; smooth with Spatula. Bake the cakes in the middle of the oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans for 5 minutes, then turn the cakes onto wire racks to cool completely..
For the frosting, combine the cocoa powder, butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt in large bowl. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add the warm warm warm water; mix well , Beat until the confectioners` sugar in two batches. Beat until smooth..
Place one layer top side down on large flat plate. Spread with 1 cup of frosting; sprinkle with 2/3 cup walnuts. Top with the remaining cake layer, top side up. Frost the top and sides with the remaining frosting , swirling with a small spatula. Garnish the cake with the remaining walnuts..