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homemade chocolate cake

Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe

There are very few things better in life than a good homemade chocolate cake.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cake, Chocolate
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 16 slices
Calories: 538kcal

Ingredients

Cake

  • 7 oz Butter
  • 8 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate chopped
  • cup Hot Water
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • cups Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • cups Flour all purpose
  • 1 cup Buttermilk room temperature
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • ¾ tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt

Frosting

  • ¾ cup Butter softened
  • ½ cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • cups Powdered Sugar
  • ¾ cup Sour Cream
  • 2 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

For the Cake

  • Preheat oven to 325ºF (177ºC). Grease and line two cake pans with parchment paper.
  • Melt the butter and chocolate together in a bowl, whisk until smooth.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer stir the sugar, water and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture to the sugar mixture and mix well.
  • Add eggs one at a time waiting for each to be mixed in well.
  • In a separate bowl add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk together.
  • Starting with the dry ingredients, alternate with the addition of the dry mix and the buttermilk.
  • Split the batter evenly between the two cake pans. Put on a baking tray and place in the oven.
  • Bake for about 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the pans comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and cool completely on a cooling rack before removing the cakes from the pans.

For the Frosting

  • Using a stand mixer, mix the butter with the unsweetened cocoa powder.
  • Add the sour cream, and vanilla.
  • Add a heaping teaspoon at a time of powdered sugar, until all ingredients are combined.
  • Frost cooled cake, with a layer of frosting between cake layers.

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Nutrition

Calories: 538kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 99mg | Sodium: 323mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 56g | Vitamin A: 734IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 65mg | Iron: 2mg