Best Chocolate Cake Recipe
The moist cake layers, rich chocolate flavor, and cream cheese frosting are some of the things that make this the Best Chocolate Cake Recipe.
Servings: 18 servings
Calories: 684kcal
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 Tablespoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk
- 1 ½ cups black coffee
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 7 cups powdered sugar
- 4-6 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
Cake Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly spray the sides of three 9 inch round pans, and place a round piece of parchment paper in the bottom of each pan. You can also lightly butter or grease and then flour each pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and powder, and salt until combined.
- Add in the eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil, and vanilla. Beat the ingredients until they are well combined, on medium speed.
- Evenly divide batter and pour into the prepared pans.
- Place the three pans in the oven on the middle rack and bake for 25-30 minutes. Cakes will be done when it springs back to the touch.
- Remove from the oven and let cool while you prepare the frosting.
Frosting Directions:
- In a large bowl, mix together the butter and cream cheese until it is smooth and creamy.
- Add in the cocoa powder, vanilla, and milk. Continue to beat until the ingredients form into a thick chocolate batter.
- Gradually add in the powdered sugar, allowing it to combine with the chocolate mixture.
- Add additional milk one tablespoon at a time, if the frosting is too thick to spread onto the cake.
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Notes
Frosting - This frosting recipe makes enough frosting for each layer and the outer cake, so generously spread enough frosting in between each layer. If the frosting is too thin, you can add additional powdered sugar, one Tablespoon at a time until it reaches your desired thickness, or you can chill the frosting for about 10-15 minutes, and it will become more firm.
Nutrition
Calories: 684kcal | Carbohydrates: 106g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 92mg | Sodium: 459mg | Potassium: 353mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 81g | Vitamin A: 733IU | Calcium: 87mg | Iron: 3mg