Homemade Chocolate Cake is a staple must have recipe in your baking repertoire. It is the best birthday, celebration, or no occasion cake, because this cake comes out perfect every time!
Homemade Chocolate Cake is like a hug, you need it often and sometimes for no reason but you always feel better after you have one.
This Homemade Chocolate Cake is moist, rich, and very satisfying.
Why this Homemade Chocolate Cake Works
This homemade chocolate cake works because it is so simple. You will not believe how quick it can be made and how delicious it is. The best part is that you made it from scratch and can take all the credit!!
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How to Make This Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe
- Step One: First, preheat oven to 350 degrees and then place all your dry ingredients for this moist chocolate cake recipe in a bowl. (Photo 1 below)
- Step Two: Next, combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl. (Photo 2 below)
- Step Three: Then add the melted butter to the dry ingredients. (Photo 3 below)
- Step Four: Next, add the rest of the liquid ingredients. (Photo 1 below)
- Step Five: Then mix all the ingredients until well combined (Photo 2 below)
- Step Six: After well blended, place in baking dish lined with cocoa powder. Bake and allow to cool. (Photo 3 below)
- Step Seven: First, in another bowl place the powdered sugar and butter. (Photo 1 below)
- Step Eight: Next, add milk and blend (Photo 2 below)
- Step Nine: Continue to blend until smooth. Add additional milk until the right consistency. (Photo 3 below)
- Step Ten: Set cake out to cool. (Photo 1 below)
- Step Eleven: Spread icing liberally and enjoy. (Photo 2 below)
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Recommendations for Making Best Chocolate Cake
This best chocolate cake has very few ingredients so you should use the best ingredients that you can. Therefore, use really fresh ingredients and the best cocoa that you can get.
How to Tell When your Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe is Done
It can be hard to tell when this homemade chocolate cake recipe is done because of the color. You can’t really see if it is brown. Therefore, there are few tried and true ways to check to see if it is done.
- Check to see if the cake around the pan has pulled away from the sides and looks dry. If it has it is probably done.
- Place a skewer or tooth pick in the middle of the cake and see if comes away clean.
If you are new to baking, wikihow has a lot of great tips and tricks for baking a cake here.
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Expert Tips for Making the Best Chocolate Cake Recipe
- Pan Trick: Use shiny cake pans if you have them, dark pans can dry out the cake.
- Enhance the Flavor: Add cayenne pepper or espresso powder or brewed coffee for a unique flavor.
- Chocolate Surprise: Try upping the chocolate. More chocolate to the cake, dark, milk, white or semi sweet chocolate will add extra moisture and flavor.
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Homemade Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 3 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- ⅔ cup cocoa
- 2 tsp white vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups water
- ⅔ cup melted margarine or butter
Buttercream Frosting
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp to 2 milk
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
- Add melted butter, vanilla, water and vinegar.
- Grease a 13x9 inch pan and coat with cocoa.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool before frosting.
Frosting
- In a medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and butter with a mixer on low speed.
- Stir in vanilla and 1 tablespoon of milk.
- Gradually mix in additional tablespoon of milk until the frosting is smooth and spreadable.
- If frosting is too thick, add more milk, a few drops at a time.
- If frosting is too thin, gradually add small amounts of powdered sugar until thickened.
Expert Tips
- Pan Trick: Use shiny cake pans if you have them, dark pans can dry out the cake.
- Enhance the Flavor: Add cayenne pepper or expresso powder or brewed coffee for a unique flavor.
- Chocolate Surprise: Try upping the chocolate. More chocolate to the cake, dark, milk, white or semi sweet chocolate will add extra moisture and flavor.
Yummers! This looks so yummy and moist, Christina!
My mom always made a chocolate sheet cake with buttercream frosting. Seriously nothing better in the world. I’m must try your from scratch version!
You can never go wrong with a good chocolate cake!!
I agree 100%!
I love chocolate cake- especially from scratch! Looks amazing, Christina!
Thanks, Rachel! It is so good!
This cake was awesome. My husband said it was the best chocolate cake he ever had. I had to bake it about 40 till it was done.
So glad you liked it! 🙂
This cake looks awesome.
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This cake looks so good!
This looks so good. I could use some chocolate right about now!
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Hi!! New follower from the hop. Mmmmm…..chocolate cake!!! I love the blog, and always looking for new recipes!!
I have a recipe from my husband’s family called “Garbage Cake” (because you dump it all in the mixer like this one) that they all love, but I find not worth the calories. This one is very similar, but slightly different in a few important ingredients (butter vs. oil and less vinegar) – not the least of which is the icing. I’m definitely going to try this cake in the future and pass it off as the Garbage Cake to see what they think! Thanks for sharing.
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it! 🙂
Chocolate Cake is one of my favorite. I will definitely try this one. Thanks.
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