Chocolate Cake Recipe
Classic and irresistible, this chocolate cake recipe is decadent, moist, and rich. Simple to make, this heavenly frosted cake is a chocolate lover’s dream.
Ingredients
Cake
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 cup boiling water or hot coffee
- 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup canola oil
Frosting
- ¾ cup salted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ¾ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Add the milk, eggs, vanilla, and oil into the bowl with the dry ingredients.
- Beat together with a hand mixer or whisk. Gradually add in the boiling water while mixing to help break apart the batter.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cakes comes out with just a few crumbs.
- Cool the cake completely.
- Meanwhile, prepare the frosting.
- In the bowl of a standing mixer or with a hand mixer, slowly begin to beat together the softened butter, vanilla, and cocoa powder.
- Rotate between adding the powdered sugar and heavy cream until both are fully incorporated, and the frosting is fluffy and smooth.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled cake.
- Cut and serve.
Notes
PRO TIP: This exceptional chocolate cake is an original Hershey’s cake recipe. It is similar to the Black Magic Cake. Milk is used instead of traditional buttermilk in the Black Magic Cake, making it a bit lighter and fluffier cake.
Pro Tip: The boiling water is a traditional technique used to help break apart the dry ingredients in the cake batter.
Pro Tip: The frosting is a bit thicker and richer than the traditional Hershey’s chocolate frosting recipe. It’s a delicious chocolate buttercream frosting.