Easy Chocolate Cake
This cake is moist, delicious and so easy to make. Can be eaten as is, with a dusting of powdered sugar or choice of frosting.
- Reading time
- 2 MIN READ
- Ingredients
- 11 INGREDIENTS
- Step photos
- 12 PHOTOS
This cake is moist, delicious and so easy to make. Can be eaten as is, with a dusting of powdered sugar or choice of frosting.
INGREDIENTS / 11
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 to 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder plus more for dusting pan
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup hot coffee or hot water
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
METHOD / 12
2 MIN READ
- 01
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch baking pan with some butter making sure it gets to the corners, put a bit of cocoa powder in the pan, rotate then tap out the excess.
This is to ensure the cake does not stick to the pan. Set aside.
- 02
Measure out your ingredients.
- 03
Whisk together the dry ingredients apart from the cocoa powder.
- 04
In another bowl, mix together the cocoa powder and hot coffee. (You can use hot water but coffee gives the final cake a deeper and richer flavour)
- 05
Add the milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract and give it a good mix. Add the eggs and mix to combine.
- 06
Pour the wet ingredients over the dry.
- 07
And mix to combine. Not more than 1 minute.
- 08
Pour batter into the pan and bake in the preheated oven.
- 09
Until a skewer inserted comes out clean and cake starts pulling from the sides of the pan, about 50 minutes. Allow it to rest in the pan for 5 minutes.
- 10
Run a spatula around the sides of the pan to loosen the cake, remove it from the pan and cool completely.
- 11
Wrap the cake in plastic wrap and chill for some hours or overnight. (It tastes better the next day)
- 12
Remove cake from the fridge and allow to come to room temperature then serve. Enjoy!
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RECIPE BY
Dolapo Grey
PUBLISHED MAY 14, 2020
