Easiest Chocolate Cake Recipe (Ever)
Easiest Chocolate Cake recipe ever with an easier chocolate frosting! Dress it up with sprinkles or dress it down with a simple chocolate drip, this is the ultimate chocolate cake that both kids and adults love!
Equipment
- 1 9 inch round cake pan
- 1 Whisk
- 1 Mixing Bowl
- 1 Flour Sifter
Ingredients
DRY INGREDIENTS
- 2 Cups All purpose Flour
- 1 and 1/2 Cups Sugar
- 3/4 Cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 and 1/2 Tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 Tsp Baking soda
- 1 Tsp Salt
WET INGREDIENTS
- 2 Eggs at room temeperature
- 1 Cup Buttermilk or (1 cup milk mixed with 1 tsp white vinegar. Rest for couple minutes)
- 1 Cup Hot black coffee
- 1/2 Cup Oil
- 1 TBSP Vanilla extract
FOR CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- 1 Can Evaporated milk
- 3/4 Cup Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 Cup Water
- 2 Tbsp Corn flour
- 4 Tbsp Oil
Instructions
PREPARTION
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
- Grease a 9 inch round cake pan and line with a piece of parchment paper. Set aside
SIFT THE DRY INGREDIENTS
- Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set it aside
MIX THE WET INGREDIENTS
- In the large bowl mix buttermilk, oil, sugar and vanilla extract until smooth (about 3 minutes).
- Add eggs one by one and beat.
- Stir in hot coffee with a rubber spatula. Batter will be very runny.
BAKE
- Pour batter into the cake pan and bake on middle rack of oven for about 40/45 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean with just a few moist crumbs attached.
- COOL THE CAKE
HOW TO MAKE THE GLAZE
- Combine all ingredients except oil in a large saucepan.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick.
- Turn off heat. Add oil and stir. Cool for a bit and drizzle over the cake until cake is fully covered.