Chocolate Cake
A rich, moist layer cake with deep chocolate flavor and fudgy frosting - blooming the cocoa powder in hot coffee, and using buttermilk for its tang and tenderizing acidity, are what most quick versions skip, and they're what give real chocolate cake its deepest flavor and moistest crumb.
⏱ 60 min🍽 12 servings
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Ingredients
- •2 cups flour
- •2 cups sugar
- •3/4 cup cocoa powder
- •2 tsp baking soda
- •1/2 tsp baking powder
- •1/2 tsp salt
- •2 eggs
- •1 cup buttermilk
- •1/2 cup vegetable oil
- •1 cup hot coffee
Steps
- 1.Preheat oven to 350°F and grease two round cake pans.
- 2.Whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- 3.Beat in the eggs, buttermilk, and oil until smooth.
- 4.Stir in the hot coffee last - the batter will turn thin, and the hot coffee is what blooms the cocoa for deeper flavor and keeps the crumb moist.
- 5.Divide between the pans and bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean; frost once cooled.