Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake
Chocolate cake

Recipe by@bakingbycaro

The BEST CHOCOLATE cake, perfect to take to events, birthdays and special occasions. Surprise everyone with this magical and delicious creation.

Ingredients

For the cake:
  • 2 cups of all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cups cacao powder @culto_cacao
  • 1 3/4 cups standard sugar @airesdecampo
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
Wet ingredients
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup oil, I use avocado
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup of strong coffee
Buttercream:
  • 2 cups room temp butter @kerrygoldusa
  • 3/4 cup sifted cocoa powder
  • 1-2 cups of icing sugar
  • 3 tablespoons of coffee
Process

  1. Sift all dry ingredients and mix in a large bowl.
  2. In another bowl mix all the wet ingredients except the coffee.
  3. Gradually add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well.
  4. Add the coffee and mix.
  5. Moving on to cake pans, I used two 8-inch pans.
  6. Bake at 180 degrees C for 30 min approx. or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool.
  7. For the bitumen, cream the butter and add the rest of the ingredients, you can add more or less icing sugar depending on how sweet you want it.
  8. Decorate the cake to your liking & enjoy!

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