Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe
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Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe
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One bowl no mixer homemade chocolate cake! It's perfectly rich and chocolatey, it has a heavenly texture with a fluffy crumb, and the fudgy chocolate ganache frosting is the crowning finish.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup (142g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 6 Tbsp (35g) Dutch process cocoa powder, plus more for dusting pan
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil or canola oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
Chocolate Ganache (optional)
- 6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 by 9 or 8 by 8-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray then dust with cocoa. Shake out excess cocoa.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, sugar, 6 Tbsp cocoa, the baking soda, and salt.
- Add buttermilk, oil, vanilla and eggs.
- Whisk mixture until very well blended (about 1 minute).
- Pour into prepared baking dish.
- Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, about 27 to 35 minutes.
- Let cool completely on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile make ganache. Place finely chopped chocolate in a medium heat proof mixing bowl.
- Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan over stovetop on medium heat until just simmering.
- Pour hot cream over chocolate chocolate then stir with a rubber spatula until melted and smooth. Let it cool until it's a thicker consistency, about 30 minutes* then spread over cake and slice.
Notes
- *If you want ganache fluffier you can beat it with an electric mixer or by hand some to whip it up.
- *If you want ganache fluffier you can beat it with an electric mixer or by hand some to whip it up.
- Another delicious frosting for this cake is chocolate buttercream.
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