Chocolate Cake with Chocolate and Peanut Butter Frosting

Chocolate Cake

2 Cups Organic Sugar

1 Cup Coconut Oil 

2 eggs

1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

2 Cups All Purpose Flour

1/2 Cup of Cocoa Powder

1 Cup buttermilk

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp sea salt

1 Cup boiling water

Blend the sugar and oil until creamy. Add vanilla and eggs and blend until smooth. Mix in the Cocoa Powder then add the flour, baking soda, and salt gradually while also adding the buttermilk gradually. Once mixed thoroughly, add the boiling water. Pour batter evenly into two 9 inch round baking pans. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-35 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

**You can use regular white sugar in place of organic, you can substitute any oil that you have on hand for the coconut oil. (I use coconut oil almost exclusively for baking ... and it is the best oil I have ever used in baking!)

Fluffy Chocolate Frosting

1 stick Organic Butter

2/3 Cup Cocoa Powder

3 Cups Powdered Sugar

2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

1/3 Cup Organic Milk

1/4 tsp sea salt

Cream together the butter and cocoa powder and vanilla extract, then gradually add the powdered sugar, salt, and milk until fluffy. 

Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting

1 stick of Organic Butter

1 Cup of Natural Peanut Butter (no sugar added)

2 Cups Powdered Sugar

3 Tablespoons of Organic Milk

Place the butter and peanut butter in a stand mixer (or electric mixer), and cream until smooth. Gradually add the powdered sugar and once it gets thicker incorporate the milk 1 Tablespoon at a time until all the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick, fluffy. and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes to get it fluffy. You can spread the frostings on the cake any way you like. I put a layer of peanut butter frosting on the first layer, chocolate on the 2nd layer, peanut butter on the 3rd layer, and chocolate on the top layer and all around it. You will end up with more chocolate frosting than peanut butter frosting using the recipe above. . . so keep that in mind when you begin frosting your cake!

I cut the 2 round cakes in half to get the 4 layers of cake. I think that the next time I do this, that I will change the recipe so that the cakes will be taller, therefore making the layer of cakes a little bigger. I am not a real big sweets eater. I don't crave sweet food for the most part ... but this cake was impossible to walk away from without stealing a bite!  If you ever make this cake ... please make a point to tell me how yours turns out!