BEST Chocolate Cake ever !!

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Category:	Cakes
Cook Time:	40 Min

Ingredients

1 3/4 c	all-purpose flour
2 c	granulated sugar
3/4 c	cocoa powder
2 tsp	baking soda
1 tsp	salt
2 lg	eggs
1 c	strong black coffee, cooled
1 c	buttermilk
1/2 c	vegetable oil or coconut oil
1 tsp	vanilla extract
1 tsp	baking powder

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Jeane Hafley

Lightly Salted

Whittier, NC (pop. 30,713)

Meshach

Member Since Dec 2011

Jeane's Notes:

Very MOIST Chocolate Cake with a delicious chocolate frosting. A BIG hit every time.

Directions

Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl or stand mixer.

Add eggs, coffee, buttermilk, coconut oil, and vanilla.

Beat at medium speed for two minutes. Batter will be thin.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 pan,or two 9 inch cake pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes for a 9x13,or 30-35 minutes for layer pans.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING ~

1/2 cup of softened butter
2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate, cooled
3 cups powdered sugar
3 Tbsp. milk
2 tsp. real vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS for Chocolate Frosting ~

COMBINE frosting ingredients and mix with a hand mixer. Spread frosting on cooled cakes.

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tracey mcneal tracey911

Mar 3, 2012

we call this a black joker cake! we use butter cream icing!

variation: swap half the butter with Peanut butter. now, you've got the best chocolate cake ever!

Jeane Hafley Meshach

Mar 3, 2012

Thanks for the update. I will try that next time! So, you are putting the peanut butter in the frosting, along with the chocolate? that would be awesome. I

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Sharon Calimano Calimano

Apr 9, 2012

Any suggestions for a wonderful, chocolate butter-cream frosting? (This would be used for a wedding cake! The frosting has gotta knock their socks off!!!)

Dee Stillwell LILLYDEE

Apr 22, 2012

I will post one as soon as I need to make a cake.. so I can get the measurments right..since I never measure.I have a chocolate version too. Here is a pic of it used on a German chocolate cake.

Daddy's Birthday Cake - German Chocolate Cake