Chocolate Harvest Cake
Prep: 40 minutes
Chill: 30 minutes
Bake: 30 minutes
- Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup water
2/3 cup cooking oil
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Pumpkin Cream Filling:
1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- Chocolate Glaze
1/2 cup whipping cream
4 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
- Cake Toppers:
Seedless red grapes, whole blackberries or raspberries, toasted hazelnuts, or shredded orange peel.
- Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9 x 1-1/2-inch round baking pans; set aside.
- Combine ingredients in one bowl
In an extra-large bowl combine buttermilk, water, oil, sugar, eggs, baking soda, and salt. Using a large wire whisk, whisk until well combined. Add flour and cocoa powder; whisk vigorously until smooth. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until top springs back when lightly touched in center. Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.
- Preparation pumpkin cream filling
In a medium bowl whisk together cream cheese, pumpkin, sugar, and cinnamon until thickened. Place one cake layer on plate. Spread filling over top. Top with second cake layer.
- Make chocolate glaze
In a saucepan bring whipping cream just to boiling over medium-high heat. Remove from heat. Add chocolate (do not stir). Let stand 5 minutes. Stir until smooth. Cool 15 minutes or until slightly thickened. Pour over cake, allowing glaze to drip down sides. Chill until set, about 30 minutes. Top with desired toppers. Makes 14 servings.
