If you’re looking for a truly moist and decadent chocolate cake, this recipe is perfect. It combines rich cocoa and a special ingredient, coffee, which intensifies the chocolate flavor without overpowering the cake. Here’s how to make the best moist chocolate cake:
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- All-Purpose Flour: 1 and 3/4 cups
- Sugar: 2 cups
- Cocoa Powder: 3/4 cup, unsweetened
- Baking Powder: 1 and 1/2 teaspoons
- Baking Soda: 1 and 1/2 teaspoons
- Salt: 1 teaspoon
- Eggs: 2 large
- Milk: 1 cup (buttermilk if available for extra moistness)
- Vegetable Oil: 1/2 cup
- Vanilla Extract: 2 teaspoons
- Boiling Water or Coffee: 1 cup (hot coffee enhances the chocolate flavor)
For the Chocolate Frosting:
- Butter: 1 cup (2 sticks), softened
- Cocoa Powder: 1 and 1/2 cups, unsweetened
- Powdered Sugar: 5 cups
- Milk: 2/3 cup
- Vanilla Extract: 1 teaspoon
Tools
- Two 9-inch round cake pans
- Mixing bowls
- Electric mixer
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Cooling rack