When I was in high school, Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting was my favorite. Red Velvet Cake is the current winner when I am looking to satisfy my sweet tooth.

This extra chocolatety cake with chocolate frosting prepared by one of Dave Ramsey’s staff members looks extremely scrumptious.

I plan to give it a try – maybe for Valentine’s Day. The double chocolate cake would be the perfect ending to a memorable dinner with your sweetheart…or sweathearts in my case since it will probably be a family dinner.

Of course I will substitute the shortening in the recipe for butter.

Here ya go.

Cake Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup shortening
• 4 eggs (at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 squares (1 oz. each) unsweetened chocolate
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups of buttermilk

Icing Ingredients

• ½ cup butter (softened to room temperature)
• 1 3-oz package of cream cheese (soften to room temperature)
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• Dash of salt
• 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons of whole milk
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate (1 oz. each) melted and cooled

Visit Dave Ramsey’s site for directions on how to prepare More than Enough Chocolate Cake and Icing.