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Chocolate Cake Recipe

Chocolate Cake Recipe

Chocolate Cake Image © Diana Rattray
top this delicious, chocolate cake with purchased or homemade chocolate glaze, or dust with confectioners' sugar.

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
  • 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1/3 cup very strong coffee, cooled
  • 2/3 cup milk

Preparation:

Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt cake pan or spray with baking spray. Heat oven to 350°.

In a bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.

In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Beat in the vanilla, eggs, and egg whites. In a small bowl or cup, combine the coffee and milk. Beat about 1/3 of the cocoa and flour mixture into the creamed mixture, then beat in 1/2 of the coffee and milk mixture. Beat in another 1/3 of the flour mixture and the remaining milk mixture. Beat in the remaining flour mixture.

Spoon the batter into the prepared Bundt cake pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester comes out clean when inserted in the cake.

Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then inverto onto the rack to cool completely.

Frost or glaze with a chocolate ganache or purchased cake glaze.

More Chocolate Cakes:

Five Minute Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Pound Cake
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake
Quick Chocolate Bundt Cake

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