Easy Chocolate Cake
Easy Chocolate Cake is rich and moist, cooked from scratch with hot coffee and cocoa powder added to the batter, and done in under 45 minutes!
Yield: 12
Materials
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup hot coffee you can substitute boiling water
- Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and sprinkle two 9-inch cake pans with cocoa powder.
- In a stand mixer on low speed, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Add to the stand mixer on low then medium speed until just blended. Finally, gently add the hot coffee and stir in by hand until just incorporated.
- Pour half of the mixture into each pan and bake for 30-35 minutes, then remove, let to cool fully, and cover with the chocolate frosting.