Chocolate cake recipe
Ingredients
• cups all-purpose our
• cups sugar
• / cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• teaspoons baking powder
• / teaspoons baking soda
• teaspoon salt
• teaspoon espresso powder homemade or
store-bought
• cup milk buttermilk, almond, or coconut milk
• / cup vegetable oil canola oil, or melted
coconut oil
• large eggs
• teaspoons vanilla extract
• cup boiling water
• Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Instructions
• Preheat oven to º F. Prepare two -inch cake
pans by spraying with baking spray or buttering
and lightly ouring.
For the chocolate cake:
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• Add our, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking
soda, salt and espresso powder to a large bowl or
the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk through to
combine or, using your paddle attachment, stir
through our mixture until combined well.
• Add milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla to our
mixture and mix together on medium speed
until well combined. Reduce speed and carefully
add boiling water to the cake batter until well
combined.
• Distribute cake batter evenly between the two
prepared cake pans. Bake for - minutes,
until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the
center of the chocolate cake comes out clean.
• Remove from the oven and allow to cool for
about minutes, remove from the pan and cool
completely.
• Frost cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.
Notes
The cake batter will be very thin after adding the
boiling water. This is correct and results in the most
delicious and moist chocolate cake I’ve ever tasted!
xo
Freezer Friendly
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Let the baked cake layers cool completely. Wrap
them well with plastic wrap and then with foil. Put
each layer into a freezer bag and freeze up to
months. To serve, thaw in the refrigerator overnight
with wrapping intact. The next day, the layers are
ready to ll and frost.
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