magleby's chocolate cake

magleby's is a restaurant in utah with the b e s t chocolate cake on earth.

seriously we love it so much that we even had it at our wedding!

husband introduced it to me because it's his mom's favorite, and once i tried

it i could immediately see why. i found this copycat recipe for magelby's chocolate

cake and of course i had to try it! i made some adjustments and i still need to tweak

it before it's exactly like magelby's, but this is pretty close! try it out!

Magleby’s Chocolate Cake

before you start: very carefully, grease and line 3 9-inch baking 

pans with parchment paper. just do this first so it's done! 

C A K E

---mix the following ingredients together & then set aside:

1 cup butter (softened to room temperature)
1 cup water
4 tablespoons heaping cocoa
---sift together the following:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 t. salt 
---pour chocolate mixture over dry ingredients, gently mix.
---in separate bowl combine the following: 
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp. soda — dissolved in little water
1 tsp. vanilla 
---combine with chocolate ingredients… then add 
1/2 cup sour cream
gently mix. don't over mix. 
---divide the batter evenly among 3 9-inch rounds, and bake at 325 for about 1 hour. 
*{i've heard that magleby's freezes the cakes before frosting, if you want to set it in the freezer for a few hours}*

F R O S T I N G

1 cup butter — let sit until room temperature

1/2 cup milk
3 T cocoa
4 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
---alternate ingredients while stirring by hand with whisk or wooden spoon---

frost cakes, and enjoy!

XO

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