Here’s a classic, soft and rich Chocolate Cake recipe you can easily make at home.
🍫 Classic Chocolate Cake Recipe
🥄 Ingredients
Dry ingredients
- 1¾ cups (220g) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (65g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1½ cups (300g) sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
Wet ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (240ml) milk (or buttermilk for extra softness)
- ½ cup (120ml) vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240ml) hot water or hot coffee (enhances chocolate flavor)
🍳 Instructions
1. Preheat
- Set oven to 180°C (350°F)
- Grease and line a 9-inch cake pan (or two round pans)
2. Mix dry ingredients
- In a large bowl, whisk:
flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
3. Add wet ingredients
- Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla
- Mix until smooth
4. Add hot water
- Slowly pour in hot water or coffee
- Batter will be thin—that’s normal
5. Bake
- Pour into pan(s)
- Bake for 30–35 minutes
- Check with a toothpick (should come out clean)
6. Cool
- Let cake cool for 10 minutes in pan
- Transfer to a rack and cool completely
🍫 Simple Chocolate Frosting (optional)
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Method
- Beat butter and cocoa
- Add sugar and milk alternately
- Mix until smooth and fluffy
🧠 Tips for best cake
- Use hot coffee instead of water for deeper chocolate flavor
- Don’t overbake—keeps cake moist
- Add chocolate chips for extra richness
If you want, I can also give you a 1-bowl eggless chocolate cake, a microwave 5-minute cake, or a fudgy lava cake recipe.
