Chocolate Layer Cake (Reduced Sugar)

Name: Chocolate Layer Cake (Reduced Sugar)
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: ¾ cup plus ⅓ cup, Sucanat (6 ounces; 170 grams); 6 ounces (170 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped; ⅔ cup (2 ounces; 57 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1½ cups hot, brewed coffee; 1½ cups (8¼ ounces; 234 grams), bread flour; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1 teaspoon, baking powder; ¾ cup, vegetable oil; 4 , large eggs; 4 teaspoons, distilled white vinegar; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 recipe, recipe

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A good chocolate cake should be rich and ultrachocolaty; it also must have a moist and tender yet sturdy crumb.

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SERVES12

TIME1⅓ hours, plus 20 minutes chilling and 1¼ hours cooling

Sugar39 grams (down from 69)

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Swapping Sucanat for the sugar in our traditional recipe produced a decent cake with abundant chocolate flavor. However, this cake was a bit dense: The original recipe called for bread flour to give the cake better structure, but without th...

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