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Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe from Scratch

When looking to bake a cake, especially from scratch, you want something easy and simple to make but a perfect and tasty result! With this Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe designed to be made from scratch, you will find yourself star of the evening with your family and friends begging you for the recipe!


Prepping this rich and moist cake will take you no time at all!

Super delicious mouth watering scrumptious easy to make chocolate cake.
The perfect combination of thickness, moisture, taste and chocolate!

I don’t think I have come across anyone who doesn’t like chocolate. So, to be able to share the love and joy we all have for each other AND for chocolate makes this cake the perfect recipe for you to make. This Easy Chocolate Cake recipe from Scratch will satisfy any cravings for all the chocolate lovers out there… Not only is the base of the cake tasty with the perfect dense moist combination, the frosting makes it that much tastier!

You can choose to frost your cake with my easy to make Chocolate Sauce or pick any of your favourite frostings as an alternative!


We’re in Chocolate Heaven!

A bite or a slice, try this easy step by step recipe to making the easiest chocolate cake.
A big slice for me. A small slice for you.

Why would you choose to bake your cake from scratch?

As tasty as cakes are, you will almost never find a cake that’s perfect, unless off course, you make it yourself! Making your own cake from scratch gives you an extra soft and moist inside, a fudgy yet light texture and taste you’ve never tasted before! Especially with this recipe being so easy to make with ingredients on hand, why not?

Easy Chocolate Cake recipe from Scratch
When do you want to try your slice from heaven?

The only equipment you need for this Easy Chocolate Cake:

  • An electric hand mixer
  • 8″ round cake tin

Easy Chocolate Cake ingredients:

  • 1 cup Flour 
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup Oil
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 cup Buttermilk (Buttermilk powder for Cooking and Baking)
  • 2 tablespoon Instant Coffee

Step-by-Step Chocolate Cake from scratch:

  1. In a bowl, sift the dry ingredients.
  2. Add the eggs, oil and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients and mix well with a hand mixer. The batter should look like a brownie batter.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the buttermilk with instant coffee and gradually add it to the brownie batter. The batter should have a runny consistency.
  4. Pour the batter into a greased cake pan (I used an 8ร—8 round cake pan) and bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for 35 minutes.

A nice thick layer of frosting layered on top of a moist dense cake to give you the perfect dessert recipe.
Who’s craving a slice of this Easy Chocolate Cake right now?

Let’s talk about frosting! Oh so simple! Made from the basic ingredients you find at home.. milk, sugar, flour, cocoa powder, butter and a dash of vanilla extract, your Chocolate Sauce frosting is done!


Basic Chocolate Sauce Ingredients:

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoon flour
  • 3 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Step by Step Chocolate Sauce:

  1. Put a saucepan on medium heat and add the milk, flour, sugar and unsweetened cocoa power. Whisk very well.
  2. Once the sauce has thickened, remove the saucepan from the stove and mix in the butter and vanilla extract.
  3. Cover the Chocolate Sauce with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to cool down.
  4. Your Chocolate Sauce is done!

Smooth batter mix with added butter and vanilla extract.
Step 1 & 2
Wrap up the frosting ready to decorate the cake the way you like.
Step 3
A deliciously big round tasty cake to keep you going every hour, every day and every week.
A round of smiles of this round of cake… appealingly tasty!

Frequently asked Questions

CAN I REPLACE BROWN SUGAR WITH WHITE SUGAR?

Yes, white sugar can be replaced with brown sugar. I prefer to use brown sugar because it has more molasses and so gives the chocolate cake a nice dark colour.

CAN I USE MILK INSTEAD OF BUTTERMILK?

Technically, yes you can but its the buttermilk that gives the cake that moist texture. *Top Tip* If you donโ€™t have buttermilk on hand, you can make it very easily. Pour 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice into a cup and fill the rest of the cup with milk. Stir the mixture and let it sit for 5 minutes. Now you have your very own homemade buttermilk!

CAN OIL BE REPLACED WITH BUTTER?

Its always best to use oil to achieve the perfect moistness and velvety crumbs.


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All you need to do now is get up and make your way to the kitchen to begin this Easy Step-by-step Chocolate Cake from Scratch and we would love to hear how it turns out! If you’ve tried any of our recipes, don’t forget to rate the recipe and leave me a comment below on your Sour and Sweet cake experience!

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Easy Chocolate Cake recipe from Scratch

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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8 people
Calories:
Author: Jay

Equipment

Oven
Hand Mixer
stovetop

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee

Chocolate sauce ingredients.

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoon flour
  • 3 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

  • In a bowl, sift the dry ingredients
  • Add the eggs, oil and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients and mix well with a hand mixer. The batter should look like a brownie batter.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the buttermilk with instant coffee and gradually add it to the brownie batter. The batter should have a runny consistency.
  • Pour the batter into a greased cake pan (I used an 8ร—8 round cake pan) and bake in a preheated oven at 350 F for 35 minutes.

Chocolate Sauce:

  • Put a saucepan on medium heat and add the milk, flour, sugar and unsweetened cocoa power. Whisk very well.
  • Once the sauce has thickened, remove the saucepan from the stove and mix in the butter and vanilla extract.
  • Cover the Chocolate Sauce with plastic wrap and place in the fridge to cool down.
  • Your Chocolate Sauce is done!

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