Description
This moist chocolate cake is rich, soft, and deeply chocolatey. Made with simple ingredients, it delivers bakery-style texture with an incredibly tender crumb and intense cocoa flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup hot water or coffee
Instructions
- Preheat oven and grease cake pan.
- Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.
- In another bowl, mix wet ingredients.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients gently.
- Add hot water or coffee slowly.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool completely before serving or frosting.
Notes
Use hot coffee instead of water for deeper flavor. Do not overmix batter. Store in airtight container for up to 5 days. Best served slightly warm or with chocolate ganache.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 62g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 45mg