The Only Chocolate Cake Recipe You’ll Ever Need!

There is something really comforting about a chocolate cake. Chocolate cakes aren’t limited to just birthday parties or dinner dates; chocolate cake is an emotion to many. Often, it is a remedy to a chaotic mind, a quick fix for a sugar craving, a sinful indulgence, or just the perfect comfort food when everything seems gloomy. Sometimes, it’s an urge that only a chocolate cake can fix. After all, like Audrey Hepburn once said—a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot to people, and we definitely second that.

If chocolate cake can cast a spell on you that wears off only after you have devoured a big piece of it, then you definitely need a quick recipe that can help you whisk up a cake in no time. Here’s a chocolate cake recipe that will not only lure you with the irresistible aroma but is bound to sweep you off your feet with its super soft sponge and a silky frosting.

So, get your baking hat out and gather all the ingredients to get started:

What You Need For The Cake

• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3⁄4 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 1 cup of hot coffee
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tbsps. baking soda
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tbsp. vanilla

What You Need For The Frosting

• 1⁄2 cup softened butter
• 1⁄2 cup shortening or butter
• 5 tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp. vanilla essence

How To Create The Chocolate Magic

• Before you get your hands messy, preheat the oven to 325°F. Doing this before you start putting all the ingredients together will save you some time.
• In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Use a sieve to sift this mixture.
• To this mixture, add vegetable oil, coffee, and milk. It is important to ensure that the consistency of the batter isn’t too watery. Blend the mixture at a medium speed for about 2 minutes.
• Once the mixture begins to resemble a huge blob of dough, add the eggs and vanilla essence to it. Beat this mixture until the batter attains a thin consistency.
• Set the mixture aside for 2 minutes (this helps the cake mixture to set) before it is poured into the pan. To avoid the cake batter from sticking to the bottom of the pan, grease the pan with butter and dust some flour over it. You can use 9″x13” pans or the 2”– 9” round pans, whatever suits you the best. However, note that baking takes about 45 minutes in the 9″x13” pan, and about half an hour in the smaller pans.
• After the oven dings, cool the pans for about 15 minutes. It is important to bring the cake to room temperature before it is refrigerated or demolded; else it may fall apart or become too rigid.

Icing On The Cake

A cake without icing is some unfinished business. Frosting and icing choices are innumerable. Whether you take the spatula or the piping cone is entirely your call but there’s a whole world of frosting techniques waiting for you. Regardless of the frills and roses, or the laid-back swirls, the fact remains that icing is quintessential. In addition to enhancing the appeal of the cake, it intensifies the taste, but care should be taken to not overpower the cake with icing.

Here’s An Easy Icing Recipe:

• In a saucepan, add milk and flour and cook until it attains a thick, creamy consistency. The thicker it is, the better are the chances of the icing to stay on the cake. One way to make it creamy is by whisking it continuously. So, whisk away!
• This flour mixture is the base for the sweetness, which comes from a good mix of butter, some shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Beat these remaining ingredients thoroughly until it gains a velvety and buttery texture. To this, add the flour and milk mixture. Now, all that’s left to do is—fill the piping cone or dip the spatula in this cream, get creative, and frost your way through the cake. If you’re feeling a little generous, embellish the icing on your cake with some chocolate sprinkles.

Bonus Tip: Refrigerate or freeze the icing for a couple of minutes before the final step.

All it takes is an hour of preparation time and 15 minutes of frosting, and you have a wholesome chocolate goodness waiting for you. Chocolate cakes are perfect treats for any celebration. And the good thing is that it is easy to bake one. All you need is a tad bit of baking skills and a whole lot of chocolate love.

Do you have any hacks or tricks to bake a chocolate cake better? Let us know in the comments below.

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