Absolutely Divine Devil's Food Cake

This is one of my favorite chocolate cake recipes. it's got just the right chocolatiness flavor and crumb. the frosting is absolutely great"!"!

Steps

Cake:.

Preheat oven 350 degrees fahrenheit.

Grease bottom and sides of 2 round layer-cake pans.

Dust with flour and shake out excess.

Melt chocolate in double boiler over simmering water.

Set aside to cool slightly.

Drain beet juice into a small bowl.

Place beets on a cutting board and chop into very small pieces.

Add to beet juice and set aside.

Beat butter , sugar , eggs and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until very fluffy , about 5 minutes , scraping sides occasionally.

Reduce speed to low and beat in melted chocolate.

Stir together flour , baking soda and salt in a medium-size bowl.

With mixer on low speed , alternately beat flour in fourths and buttermilk in thirds into chocolate mixture , beginning and ending with flour.

Mix until incorporated , about 1 minute.

Add beets and juice and mix on medium speed until blended , about 1 minute.

The batter will be thin and you will see pieces of beets.

Divide the batter equally between the 2 .

Ingredients

unsweetened chocolate, beets, unsalted butter, golden brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, buttermilk, whipping cream, semisweet chocolate