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21 Layer Cake Recipes From Chocolate to Lemon Poppy Seed. Whether you stack together two cake layers or six, bringing any one of these showstopping cakes to the table is an act of pure joy.

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Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven. Grease 3 (8-inch) round cake pans, and line the bottom of each with a round of parchment paper.

Double Chocolate Layer Cake. Servings: 12 to 14. Ed Kasky. The more chocolate, the better. This two-layer cake is old fashioned and classic in all the right ways.

Place one layer of cake on the board and top with about 1 cup of frosting. Using an offset spatula, evenly frost the top of the cake to the edges. Repeat the process with the remaining cake layers.

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For that, I skipped melted chocolate in favor of cocoa powder. Melted chocolate tends to dry out cake batter, and unless you’re using 100 percent unsweetened chocolate, adding bar chocolate also ...

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