🍫 Classic Chocolate Cake
This recipe makes a moist, rich, and delicious chocolate cake you’ll want to bake again and again. Perfect for birthdays, parties, or when chocolate cravings hit! 🎂✨
📝 Ingredients
- 60 g (¼ cup) butter, softened 🧈
- 240 g (2 cups) cake flour
- 55 g (⅓ cup) cocoa powder
- 10 g (2 ¼ tsp) baking soda
- 3 g (⅓ tsp) salt
- 300 g (1 ½ cups) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs 🥚
- 240 ml (1 cup) buttermilk (or milk + 1 tbsp lemon juice)
- 120 ml (½ cup) vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 240 ml (1 cup) hot water or hot coffee ☕
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat the Oven: Preheat to 175°C (350°F). Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: In a bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Cream Butter & Sugar: In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time.
- Add Wet Ingredients: Mix in buttermilk, oil, and vanilla extract.
- Combine & Add Hot Liquid: Gradually add dry mix, then slowly pour in hot water or coffee until smooth.
- Bake: Divide batter into pans and bake 30–35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool & Serve: Let cakes cool, then frost with chocolate buttercream, ganache, or dust with powdered sugar.
✨ Tips
- Use hot coffee instead of water for a richer chocolate flavor.
- For extra moist cake, brush layers with simple syrup before frosting.
- Pairs perfectly with chocolate ganache or cream cheese frosting.
