Simple Moist Chocolate Cake
- 1 hr 15 min
- Serves 8
- 9 ingredients
30 minutes to prep, 45 to cook. A simple and moist chocolate cake that's perfect for any occasion, made with rich cocoa powder and topped with your choice of frosting.
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Method
Preheat the oven to 350°F (350°F).
Prepare two 9-inch (23cm) round cake pans by greasing them and lining the bottoms with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
Kitchen notes · Added by ReelsMeals: The dry ingredients are evenly mixed with no cocoa clumps.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla extract.
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, whisking until smooth.
Kitchen notes · Added by ReelsMeals: The batter is smooth after dry ingredients are whisked into the wet mixture.
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Kitchen notes · Added by ReelsMeals: A toothpick comes out clean from the center.
Remove from the oven and let cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
Transfer the cakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
Kitchen notes · Added by ReelsMeals: The cakes cool fully on the rack before frosting.
Once the cakes are completely cool, you can frost and decorate them as desired.
Tips while you cook
- Combine dry ingredients first
- Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt together before adding to the wet mixture.
- Whisk wet ingredients together
- Mix eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla extract in a large bowl before incorporating the dry mix.
- Cool in pans before removing
- Let the cakes sit in the pans for 10 minutes after baking, then transfer to a wire rack.
- Divide batter evenly
- Spread the batter equally between the two prepared pans.
Notes from ReelsMeals, based on this recipe's ingredients, times and method. They are not the creator's instructions.
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Chocolate cake, 21 ways
19 creators posted their own. Most use baking powder, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, all-purpose flour and granulated sugar.
- Chantal1 hr 15 min11 ingr.Only this one uses pitted dates, plant-based milk and wheat flour
- Dr Emily Prpa PhD1 hr 40 min13 ingr.Only this one uses sweet potato, ground almonds and tahini
- Ridhima Mathur1 hr 15 min9 ingr.Only this one uses semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Fatima Chehab1 hr 15 min9 ingr.Oven
- Tom Senior45 min7 ingr.Only this one uses grounded oats, banana and cacao
- Lena Abraham1 hr 10 min17 ingr.Only this one uses strong black coffee, pure vanilla extract and semisweet chocolate chips
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