Quick and Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe to Try at Home
Moist, decadent, and delicious. We could go on and on about the superlatives to describe what makes a good chocolate cake! As one of the most popular dessert options, chocolate cakes are a great way to cap off your meal. You can also pair this popular cake with a cup of your favourite tea or coffee.
Although decadent and often making the top of the list when it comes to desserts that patissiers are renowned for, chocolate cakes are surprisingly easy to make. All you’ll have to do is find the right and easy chocolate cake recipe to bake at home, channel your inner baker and whip up the best chocolate cake you can make. You can also put your baking skills to the test if this is your first time ever attempting to bake a chocolate cake.
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The key to a moist chocolate cake is in the ingredients. Keep your ingredients at room temperature to ensure they will quickly bond together when mixing and baking. It’s also recommended not to overmix the mixture to avoid problems with aeration and gluten development that may cause your cake to become tough or have an unpleasant texture. It’s best to fold in your ingredients rather than overmix them.
All pointers aside, without further ado, let’s start baking a chocolate cake!
Serving Size: 1 9-inch chocolate cake
Prep Time: 20 to 25 minutes
Baking Time: 30 to 35 minutes
Ingredients:
- White sugar (2 cups)
- All-purpose flour (1 ¾ cups)
- Unsweetened cocoa powder (¾ cup)
- Baking powder (1 ½ teaspoon)
- Baking soda (1 ½ teaspoon)
- Salt (1 teaspoon)
- Eggs (2 pieces)
- Milk (1 cup)
- Vegetable oil (½ cup)
- Vanilla extract (2 teaspoons)
- Boiling water (1 cup)
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 177ºC. Line two 9-inch cake pans with baking paper.
- To make the cake batter, take a large bowl and add the sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt. Combine these dry ingredients until they are evenly mixed.
- Add the milk, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, and eggs into your dry ingredients mixture. Mix them together until they are combined well.
- Add the boiling water to your cake batter and mix until all the ingredients are combined.
- Pour your cake batter evenly into the two cake pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
- To check if your cake is ready by inserting a cake tester or toothpick in the centre of the chocolate cake. Your cakes are done when the cake tester or toothpick comes out clean.
- Set the chocolate cakes aside to allow them to cool while you prepare the chocolate frosting.
How to Make the Chocolate Frosting
While your chocolate cake is cooling down, you can start preparing your frosting. If it’s your first time creating your chocolate cake frosting, you might need a few quick fixes so you can adjust the consistency of your frosting. If you made too thick frosting, you could slowly add in milk to achieve the consistency you prefer. However, if you made your frosting a little too thin or runny, adding powdered sugar to your frosting can help.
Serving Size: 1 serving to layer, crumb coat, and frost a 9-inch chocolate cake
Prep Time: 20 to 25 minutes
Baking Time: 30 to 35 minutes
Ingredients:
- Softened butter (1 cup)
- Sifted cocoa powder (½ cup)
- Powdered sugar (5 cups)
- Vanilla extract (1 teaspoon)
- Milk (3 to 4 tablespoons)
Instructions:
- Add the sifted cocoa powder into a large bowl. Mix in the softened butter and combine the two ingredients with a stand or handheld mixer to achieve a creamy texture.
- Alternately mix the sugar and milk into the cocoa mixture. For every cup of sugar, add one tablespoon of milk. Once you’ve combined the sugar and milk with the cocoa mixture, turn your mixer to HIGH speed for one minute. Repeat this step until you’ve added all the sugar and milk. It’s important to follow this step properly to create a fluffy frosting.
- Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
- You can adjust the consistency of your frosting depending on your preference by adding milk if it is too thick or adding powdered sugar if it’s too runny.
- Once you’ve achieved the consistency you want, you can start assembling and frosting your chocolate cake!
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Trying out this chocolate cake recipe at home is a great opportunity to unlock a new skill or bond with the family. However, if you feel like baking isn’t your strong suit, you can simply order a chocolate cake online and have it delivered to you. Either way, you’ll get your much-deserved slice of chocolate heaven while in the comforts of your home.
Pâtisserie CLÉ offers online cake delivery services in Singapore for dessert and pastry lovers who want to indulge in sweet (and savoury) treats. Just to satisfy your chocolate cake cravings, you can try our Noisette – a dark chocolate cake that combines the bitterness of dark chocolate, th
