All Purpose Chocolate Layer Cake

Ever get nostalgic for those boxed layer cakes your mom made for you as a kid? I do, and I've finally found a homemade cake recipe that is just as fast, is super moist, and tastes even better.

If you decide to bake these, bake a double batch and store them in the freezer. One batch of this recipe makes 3x9" rounds about 1" high, giving you plenty of options. What can you do with pre-baked cake rounds? Here are some things I like to do:

• Layer and frost them with a simple frosting
• Layer and coat them with poured chocolate ganache
• Cut, dip and decorate them for petit fours
• Cut and layer them with fruit and whipped cream or custard for a trifle
• Mash them up with liqueur and other goodies to make rum balls
• Soak them with a citrus simple syrup and serve single-layer slices with whipped cream
• Cut them into disks and layer with cherries and cream for mini-Black Forest cakes
• Layer them with ice cream to make a decadent ice cream cake

What would you do with spare cake in your freezer and company coming over?

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