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Portillo's Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • CAKE
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1-1/4 tsp. Baking Soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp. Instant Coffee
  • Salt
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Mayonnaise
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup Water
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla
  • 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips Optional
  • FROSTING
  • 1 Cup Butter softened
  • 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 5 Cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla
  • 3 Tbsp. Milk if needed to for consistency

Instructions
 

CAKE

  • Preheat the oven to 350F. Butter 2 round cake pans (9-inch ones) and line with parchment paper.
  • Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, coffee and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
  • Add the eggs, mayonnaise, sugar, water and vanilla into the flour mixture. Stir until well-blended but do not overmix.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips. Transfer the batter to the prepared pans.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 20-23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Oven temperatures vary so adjust the time accordingly.
  • Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack. Cool the cakes completely before adding the chocolate filling and coating with the frosting.

FROSTING

  • Whip butter and cocoa together until smooth in large bowl. Stir in vanilla and powdered sugar. Slowly stream in milk until frosting reaches desired consistency. Scrape sides and whip again until light, fluffy and smooth, 1-2 minutes.