Best-Ever Chocolate Cake Recipe
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Brown Eyed Baker · by Michelle Lettrich4.7 (136)

Best-Ever Chocolate Cake Recipe

NUTRITION · PER SERVING90M COOK
CAL 60%·PRO 21%
CARBS 160G53% OF CAL
7G FIBER130G SUGAR23G OTHER
FAT 64G48% OF CAL
31G SAT33G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

A rich, moist triple-layer chocolate cake made from scratch with cocoa and coffee. Decadent and deeply chocolatey. Perfect for birthdays, celebrations, and special occasions.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 10
  • 2½ cups + 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
  • 3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup + 1 tablespoon Dutch-process cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1½ teaspoons salt
  • 3 eggs (at room temperature)
  • 1½ cups buttermilk, at room temperature
  • 1½ cups strong black coffee, hot
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 4½ teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate (finely chopped)
  • 2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 5 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • Three 8-inch cake pans
PREP
35M
SODIUM
793MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.