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2. Place the cake mix, buttermilk, oil, a rack, then invert again onto another rack
and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Blend so that the cakes are right side up. Allow
with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 to cool completely, 30 minutes more.
minute. Stop the machine and scrape
6. Meanwhile, prepare the Chocolate Pan
down the sides of the bowl with a rub ber
Frosting.
spatula. Increase the mixer speed to
medium and beat 2 minutes more, scrap- 7. Place one cake layer, right side up, on
ing down the sides again if needed. The a serving platter. Spread the top with
batter should look well combined. Divide frosting. Place the second layer, right side
the batter between the prepared pans, up, on top of the first layer and frost the
smoothing it out with the rubber spatula. top and sides of the cake with clean,
smooth strokes.
3. Melt the chocolate in a small
saucepan over low heat for 2 minutes, Store this cake, in a cake saver or
stirring constantly, or in a small glass under a glass dome, at room temperature
bowl in the microwave at high power for for up to 1 week. Or freeze it, wrapped in
45 seconds. Stir with a small rubber aluminum foil or in a cake saver, for up to
spatula until the chocolate is smooth and 6 months. Thaw the cake overnight in the
thoroughly melted. refrigerator before serving.
4. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the
batter in both pans. With the blunt end of
a wooden skewer or with a dinner knife, R
swirl the chocolate through the batter to
the Cake Mix Doctor says
marble it. Take care not to scrape the bot-
tom of the pan. Place the pans in the oven
This is a dark and elegant cake. When
side by side.
cut open, it looks like marble. If you
5. Bake the cakes until they spring back want to lighten its appearance, omit
when lightly pressed with your finger, 26 the chocolate frosting and opt for a
to 28 minutes. Remove the pans from the creamy White Chocolate Cream
oven and place them on wire racks to cool Cheese Frosting (page 425) or the
for 10 minutes. Run a dinner knife around Quick Caramel Frosting (page 440).
the edge of each layer and invert each onto