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Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe

This chocolate cake is moist, fluffy, and flavourful. It is incredibly easy and requires only 2 bowls to make!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate cake, chocolate cake recipe, fluffy, moist cake, simple chocolate cake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Servings 12
Author Blair Braz

Equipment

  • Electric Stand Mixer
  • Rubber Spatula
  • Three 6" Cake Pans

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 2 cups Granulated Sugar
  • ½ cup Cocoa Powder Sifted
  • 2 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Eggs At room temperature
  • 1 cup Buttermilk At room temperature. See note.
  • ½ cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 cup Hot Coffee Can substitute with hot water.
  • 2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Spray three 6-inch cake pans with non-stick spray. Set aside. 
  • Into the bowl of an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, combine sifted flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine. 
  • In a separate mixing bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, oil, hot coffee, and vanilla.
  • Put your mixer on low speed and add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined - about 30 seconds to 1 minute. 
  • Distribute cake evenly between three 6-inch pans. I like to use a kitchen scale to ensure batter is divided equally. 
  • Bake for 28-35  minutes. 
  • Cool on cooling racks for about 10 minutes before inverting and removing cake from pans.