The Best Easy Chocolate Cake

Name: The Best Easy Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces); 1 cup sugar (7 ounces); 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon table salt; 1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder (2 ounces); 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine (see note); 1 cup fresh black coffee, hot; 2/3 cup mayonnaise; 1 large egg; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; Confectioners' sugar (for serving; optional)

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"We wanted an easy chocolate mayonnaise cake recipe that would deliver good chocolate flavor. To get there, we “bloomed” unsweetened cocoa powder in coffee to intensify its flavor and supplemented it with bittersweet chocolate. Although traditional easy chocolate cake recipes are made with… read more..."

INGREDIENTS

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1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (7 1/2 ounces)

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1 cup sugar (7 ounces)

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1/2 teaspoon baking soda

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1/4 teaspoon table salt

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1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder (2 ounces)

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2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine (see note)

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1 cup fresh black coffee, hot

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2/3 cup mayonnaise

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1 large egg

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2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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Confectioners' sugar (for serving; optional)

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