Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

The best Chocolate Cake I’ve ever had! I’ve tested and retested and perfect this recipe. It has a perfectly soft and tender crumb, an incredibly luscious chocolate flavor, and melt-in-your-mouth moisture. It’s easy to make and sure to impress all chocolate lovers!

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

4.95 from 18 votes
A perfectly decadent, rich chocolate cake. It has the perfect texture, a moist crumb, an abundance of chocolate flavor and its finished with an tempting, creamy chocolate buttercream.

Servings: 16
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Cool Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (110g) packed light-brown sugar
3/4 cup (70g) unsweetened cocoa powder (scoop and level to measure)
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup (235ml) boiling water*
3/4 cup (175ml) vegetable oil or canola oil
1/4 cup (56g) unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
3 large egg yolks
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
2 cups (256g) all-purpose flour (spoon and level to measure)
1/2 cup (116g) sour cream
1/3 cup (80ml) milk

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans then line bottom of each with a round of parchment paper. Butter parchment paper. If you'd like more level cakes wrap cake pans with baking strips (which have been soaked and fully saturated with water, see notes below recipe), or you can cut top to level after baking.

In a large, heat proof mixing bowl, whisk together granulated sugar brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Carefully pour boiling water in to cocoa mixture and immediately whisk to blend well. Allow to cool 5 minutes.

Using an electric hand mixer set on low speed blend in vegetable oil and melted butter until combined. Add eggs, egg yolks and vanilla extract and blend just to combined. Then add flour and blend until combined, and finish by blending in milk and sour cream just until combined.

Divide mixture evenly among 2 prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, about 29 - 34 minutes. Allow to cool in pan 5 minutes, run butter knife around edge of cake and invert onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely.

Trim cakes level if needed. Add frosting to top of one round then top with second cake and frost top and sides of cake. Store in an airtight container.

Recipe Notes
*Water should be carefully measured after boiling. If measured before you won't have the same amount as some water would evaporate.
Store cake in an airtight container. It can be stored at room temperature but for longer shelf life store in the refrigerator or even freeze.
To make batter into cupcakes divide batter among 24 paper lined muffin cups in cupcake pans, filling about 3/4 full. Bake about 18 - 22 minutes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
Nutrition estimate includes both cake and frosting.



Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Amount Per Serving
Calories 614Calories from Fat 324
% Daily Value*
Fat 36g55%
Saturated Fat 24g150%
Cholesterol 118mg39%
Sodium 364mg16%
Potassium 193mg6%
Carbohydrates 74g25%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 56g62%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 789IU16%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 48mg5%
Iron 2mg11%

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