Homemade Chocolate Cake from Scratch
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake Batter
all-purpose flour (sifted)
250 g
unsweetened cocoa powder
75 g
baking soda
5 g
baking powder
10 g
salt
3 g
granulated sugar
300 g
large eggs (room temperature)
2 pcs
whole milk (room temperature)
240 ml
vegetable oil
120 ml
vanilla extract
10 ml
boiling water (boiling)
240 ml
Chocolate Frosting
unsalted butter (softened)
115 g
unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted)
65 g
powdered sugar (sifted)
240 g
whole milk
60 ml
vanilla extract
5 ml
Instructions
Prepare pans and oven
Preheat oven and prepare cake pans
Mix dry ingredients
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt
Cream sugar and eggs
Beat sugar with eggs until light and fluffy
Add wet ingredients
Add milk, oil and vanilla to the sugar mixture
Combine wet and dry
Gradually add dry ingredients to wet mixture
Add boiling water
Stir in boiling water until batter is smooth
Bake the cakes
Divide batter between pans and bake
Cool the cakes
Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, then on wire rack
Make the frosting
Beat butter, then add cocoa, sugar, milk and vanilla
Frost the cake
Frost cooled cake layers with chocolate frosting
Original recipe
Storage
Store covered in refrigerator. Bring to room temperature before serving for best texture.
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