Soft • Moist • Super Chocolatey
This chocolate cake is rich, fluffy, and melts in your mouth 😍 Don’t lose this recipe!
📝 Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup hot coffee (or hot water)
For the chocolate frosting:
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 3½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup milk (adjust as needed)
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Prepare the oven
Preheat to 180°C (350°F). Grease and flour two cake pans.
2. Mix dry ingredients
In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3. Add wet ingredients
Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
4. Add hot coffee
Slowly pour in hot coffee and mix (batter will be thin—this is normal!).
5. Bake
Pour into pans and bake for 30–35 minutes.
6. Cool
Let cakes cool completely before frosting.
