Best Homemade Chocolate Cake

Name: Best Homemade Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar (packed); 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 4 eggs (room temperature); 2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (room temperature); 1 1/2 cups plain hot coffee; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 3 teaspoons baking soda; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder; 6 cup confectioners sugar (sifted); 16 tablespoons butter (2 sticks); 1 1/3 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream (may need more or less); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Salt (generous pinch)

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Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

2 cupsgranulated sugar
1 cupbrown sugar — packed
¾ cupvegetable oil
4eggs — room temperature
2 tspvanilla extract
1½ cupsbuttermilk — room temperature
1½ cupsplain hot coffee
3 cupsall-purpose flour
3 tspbaking soda
1½ tspbaking powder
1½ tspsalt
1 cupdark unsweetened cocoa powder
6 cupsconfectioners' sugar — sifted
16 tbspbutter — 2 sticks
1⅓ cupsdark unsweetened cocoa powder
1⅓ cupsheavy whipping cream
1 tspvanilla extract
Salt

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Method

45m total

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Vitamins & minerals

Potassium: 417mg
Calcium: 138mg
Iron: 3mg

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