Easy Chocolate Cake
A chocolate cake recipe that's so easy even beginners can make it. Guaranteed to turn out super chocolaty and moist.
Equipment
- Mixing bowls
- Whisk
- Spatula
- 2 Cake pans 8 inches
Ingredients
CAKE
- 1¾ cups all purpose flour 210g
- 1½ cups sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup boiling water or coffee
FROSTING
- ½ cup butter
- 2 squares unsweetened chocolate or ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3-4 cups icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
FOR THE CAKE
- Preheat oven to 350℉/180℃. Grease two 8 inch cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl whisk together all purpose flour, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a large measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together milk, oil, eggs and vanilla until smooth.
- Gradually add the milk mixture to the dry mixture with a whisk or electric beater. Mix until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary. Stir in boiling water or coffee. Mix until smooth; batter will be thin.
- Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans and bake for 28-32 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire racks. Cool completely before filling and frosting.
FOR THE FROSTING
- Melt butter together with the chocolate or unsweetened cocoa powder until smooth. You can do this in the microwave or over the stove.
- Remove from heat and add salt. Transfer to a mixing bowl and beat in 2 cups of icing sugar. Add enough milk to make a spreadable consistency. Adjust with more sugar if needed. Beat in vanilla. Frosting is ready to use.