Description
Satisfy your sweet cravings with Brooklyn Blackout Cake, a rich chocolate delight featuring moist layers of cake and creamy chocolate pudding. With its deep, velvety texture and luscious chocolate frosting, this dessert is perfect for celebrations or a comforting treat on any day. Whether you’re baking for a birthday or simply indulging yourself, this show-stopping cake will leave everyone wanting more.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 large eggs (room temperature)
- ½ cup unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 cup whole milk (or buttermilk)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 box (3.9 oz) chocolate pudding mix (instant)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup Dutch process cocoa powder (for frosting)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease two round cake pans.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- Add eggs, melted butter, milk, and vanilla to the dry ingredients; mix until smooth.
- Pour batter evenly into prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While cakes cool, prepare chocolate pudding as per package instructions and chill.
- Once cooled, layer one cake with pudding filling; stack the second layer on top.
- Whip heavy cream with Dutch cocoa until fluffy and frost the entire cake.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (100g)
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 290mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 80mg