Description
This Best Chocolate Cake Recipe creates a rich, moist, and deeply chocolatey cake that melts in your mouth. Made with simple pantry ingredients and enhanced with hot coffee for intense flavor, this homemade chocolate cake is perfect for birthdays, celebrations, or cozy family gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (75g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (240ml) whole milk
- ½ cup (120ml) vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240ml) hot coffee
- 1 cup (230g) unsalted butter
- 3½ cups (440g) powdered sugar
- ½ cup (50g) cocoa powder (for frosting)
- 4–5 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) and grease two 9-inch cake pans.
- Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- Slowly stir in hot coffee until combined.
- Divide batter into pans and bake for 30–35 minutes.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- Beat butter, add powdered sugar and cocoa, then add cream and vanilla to make frosting.
- Assemble cake and frost evenly.
Notes
Use hot coffee to deepen chocolate flavor. Do not overmix the batter. Store covered at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerate for up to 5 days. Cake layers can be frozen for up to 2 months.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg