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The BEST Chocolate Cake
by
Trish
(IC: instagram)
8 slices
50 min
No doubt, this recipe will be your favorite chocolate cake! So rich in flavor and moist as heck!
Tired of a dry store bought chocolate cake? This will save your day! Moist? Check! Chocolaty? Check! Mouthwatering? Drool worthy? Check, check! We did not know that it is so easy to make a rich and decadent chocolate cake until we have tested and tweaked a lot of recipes! We have gone through a lot of testing and we're here to share you the best and easiest way to save you time! It's enough that we have tried it ourselves, try this one out and let us know what you think about it!
The BEST Chocolate Cake
Recipe details
Ingredients
For the cake
- 2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
- 1 cup dark cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil*
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk*
- 1/3 cup warm coffee
For the frosting
- 1 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/3 cup cream cheese, room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2/3 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup warm coffee
- 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder
Instructions
For the cake
- Prepare two 8 inch cake pan greased with butter or use nonstick cooking spray. Set aside, preheat oven to 350F.
- Sift dry ingredients before weighing and mix flour, dark cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix the eggs, oil and buttermilk. Pour in the wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix it until no lumps remain. Once everything is incorporated, pour in the coffee and mix well. Do not overmix the batter.
- Pour it in the prepared cake pan and bake for 30mins or place a toothpick or a knife in the center and when it comes out clean, you're good to go! Transfer it to a cooling rack and let it cool completely.
- While cooling down the cake, make your frosting by mixing the butter and cream cheese til it's fully incorporated. Add in the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, coffee and salt. Mix until combined and fluffy.
- Make sure the cake has completely cooled down before frosting. Chill for about 30 minutes before slicing. Enjoy!
Tips
- *If you don't have vegetable oil, you can use canola oil.
- *If you don't have buttermilk, you can always make your own! (Don't worry, i always make mine lol) Just mix 1 cup of whole milk with 1 tsp of lemon juice or vinegar. Let it sit for about 5 to 10 minutes.
Published November 9th, 2020 5:51 AM
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Sounds wonderful, but please check the amount of butter for the icing. Is it 1 3/4 cups of butter, or sticks of butter? Thanks in advance. I want to make this!
-Kathy W.
can you taste the coffee?