Chocolate Party Cake

Ingredients for Chocolate Party Cake:
Flour 2 cups
Milk 1-1/2 cups
Caster sugar 2/3 cups
Dark brown sugar 2/3 cups
Cocoa 1/2 cups
Butter 3/4 cup
Eggs 3
Vanilla essence 2 tsp
Baking powder 1 tsp
Baking soda 1 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp

For Frosting:
Softened cream cheese 8 oz
Softened butter ¼ cup
Milk 3 tbsp
Sifted icing sugar 3 cups
Cocoa 2/3 cups
Salt a pinch
Vanilla essence 1-1/2 tsp

Method:
Beat butter add dark brown sugar and caster sugar. 
Add in eggs one a time. 
Add in the essence and mix. 
Fold in sieved cocoa powder, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Alternately, add milk. 
Divide the batter equally between the two greased 8” pans and Bake on the middle rack of the oven until the tops spring back when lightly touched. 
Cool in the cake pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. 
Using a knife, loosen the cake layers from the pan sides.
Invert cake layers onto the wire rack to cool completely.  

To prepare frosting:
Beat the cream cheese, butter, and milk together until smooth. 
Add the sugar, cocoa, vanilla essence, and salt and continue to beat until blended. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes before using.

Frost the cake: 
Use a serrated knife to level the tops of the cake layers, if necessary. 
Frost with Fudgy Cream-Cheese Frosting on top of the layer and spread evenly. 
Place the second layer on the first and cover the top and sides with the remaining icing.

Chocolate Party Cake by Zarnak Sidhwa