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Incredible Classic Chocolate Cake Recipe with Fudge Frosting
This classic chocolate cake features a moist, tender crumb enriched with cocoa and coffee for deeper flavor. The cake batter combines flour, sugar, cocoa powders, baking soda, and powder with wet ingredients including buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla, and hot coffee. It bakes into soft layers which are cooled before frosting. The fudge frosting is made by creaming butter with sifted powdered sugar and cocoa, producing a rich, spreadable topping that complements the chocolate cake's flavor and texture.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings:
10
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 250g/9oz
- 1 cup butter at room temperature
- 2 cups sugar 400g/14oz
- 6 cups powdered sugar sifted
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2/3 cup (51/2floz/165ml) whole milk
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil or any flavorless oil
- 2 egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
- 1 cup coffee freshly brewed; hot
Notes
- Create buttermilk substitute by mixing 1 cup milk with 2 tablespoons lemon juice; let sit for 30 minutes before use.