Moist Dark Chocolate Lavender Cake

Dark Chocolate Lavender Cake with Lavender Buttercream Frosting is a wonderful moist dark chocolate cake with a light floral lavender flavor that is elegant and rich, and incredibly special. Covered in an additionally elegant Lavender Buttercream Frosting, this dessert is the best!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword easy cake recipes, easy chocolate recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Servings

Calories 510kcal

Author Nicole Cook

Ingredients

For the Cake;

2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
½ cup cocoa powder
½ cup vegetable oil
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 ½ cups milk
1 teaspoon of baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ Tablespoons Lavender Extract

For the Lavender Buttercream Frosting

8 ounces butter room temp.
½ Tablespoons Lavender Extract
2 cups powdered sugar sifted
2 Tablespoons whipping cream
2 drops Wilton Violet Icing Color

Instructions

For the Cake:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a round cake pan.
In a large bowl, sift the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and salt together.
Mix well.
In another bowl, mix together the oil, milk and lavender extract. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix for several minutes until well combined.
Pour the mixture into your prepared round cake pan.
Bake for 1 hour.
Use a toothpick or knife in the center to check for doneness. As soon as it comes out clean, the cake is done.
Allow to cool completely before icing.

For the Lavender Buttercream Frosting:

Cream Butter until light and fluffy. Beat the lavender extract in until well beaten.
Add the powdered sugar a little at a time, until well blended.
Add the whipping cream until you get the consistency you desire. Gently stir in the icing color to get the desired shade you are looking for.

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