This Chocolate Layer Cake is so moist and delicious. Great Chocolate Frosting Recipe included. Make it for your next Birthday Cake or dessert.
CHOCOLATE CAKE
My daughter just turned 13. If you are counting, and we for sure are…that makes THREE teenagers and one pre-teen all under one roof. Things are getting interesting over here! I need chocolate…lots and lots of chocolate. It’s a good thing my daughter LOVES chocolate too. She requested a Chocolate Layer Cake for her birthday…and boy did this one deliver!
CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE
This is our very favorite Chocolate Cake Recipe. This cake is so delicious. It has a great Chocolatey taste and is so moist. I really don’t love the word “moist” but I have no other word to describe it. The frosting is also really tasty too. It has a great flavor and isn’t too sweet. Now, personally, I am not a big frosting fan. I prefer a little bit of frosting to cake ratio. But my daughter requested LOTS of frosting…so I tried to deliver.
Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients
CHOCOLATE CAKE
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup boiling water
CHOCOLATE FROSTING
- 1 1/4 cups butter
- 1 1/4 cups shortening
- 9 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 4-5 tbsp milk
Instructions
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Prepare three 8 inch cake pans with parchment paper circles in the bottom, and grease the sides.
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Add all dry ingredients to a large bowl and whisk together.
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Add eggs, buttermilk and vegetable oil to the dry ingredients and mix well.
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Add vanilla to boiling water and add to mixture. Mix well.
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Pour into three 8 inch cakes pans and bake at 300 degrees for about 30-33 minutes, or until a toothpick comes clean.
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Remove cakes from oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes, then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.
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Make icing while cakes cool.
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Beat together butter and shortening until smooth.
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Slowly add 4 cups of powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
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Add vanilla and 1-2 tbsp water or milk and mix until smooth.
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Add another 5 cups of powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
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Add cocoa and mix until smooth.
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Add milk until the right consistency.
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Place first layer of cake on cake plate. Spread about 3/4 cup of icing on top in an even layer.
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Add second layer of cake and add another 3/4 cup of icing on top in an even layer.
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Add final layer of cake on top and ice the outside of the cake.
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Finish of with sprinkles or other decoration.
This cake is so good, you might not want to wait for a special occasion to make it. I think I should have a slice every day…you know…to counteract having to live with THREE teenagers :).
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- Best Banana Cake
- Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
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BUNTING
For the cake bunting, I simply cut some little triangles out of some fun scrapbook paper and taped them onto a piece of baker’s twine which I then tied to some bamboo skewers. Simply stick into the cake!
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AsrtI, Yes.
this chocolate layer cake is so delicious! Thank you for sharing your recipe! Very helpful and will surely make it again!
Allyssa- Thank you!
This is one of those recipes that you have to keep around for special occasions! A delicious classic.
The creamiest layers & most delicious taste! The cake is so moist & that frosting is creamy & melts in your mouth!
Natalie-So happy you liked it!
Our family loves this cake!! Soft, rich & velvety. It’s one of our favorite birthday cakes!
Kristyn- We love it too!