Moist Chocolate Cake

Name: Moist Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour; 1 ¾ cups sugar; ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 ½ tsp baking powder; 1 ½ tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 1 cup milk; ½ cup vegetable oil; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup boiling water; 71g unsalted butter; ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 150g icing sugar; 3 tbsp milk; ½ tsp vanilla extract

10 steps

Prep:15minCook:1h 45min

The most moist chocolate cake you'll ever have, with gooey chocolate icing!

Updated at: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:50:56 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories590.3 kcal (30%)

Total Fat25 g (36%)

Carbs91.5 g (35%)

Sugars64 g (71%)

Protein7.4 g (15%)

Sodium565.9 mg (28%)

Fiber3.9 g (14%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

For the cake

1 ¾ cupsall-purpose flour

1 ¾ cupssugar

¾ cupunsweetened cocoa powder

1 ½ tspbaking powder

1 ½ tspbaking soda

1 tspsalt

2eggs

1 cupmilk

½ cupvegetable oil

2 tspvanilla extract

1 cupwater

boiling

For the icing

71gunsalted butter

¼ cupunsweetened cocoa powder

150gicing sugar

3 Tbspmilk

½ tspvanilla extract

Instructions

For the cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Step 2

Grease two loaf pans or two 9 inches cake pans.

Step 3

Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.

Step 4

Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat for about 2-3 minutes.

Step 5

Stir in boiling water. Batter will be thin.

Step 6

Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Step 7

Cool for 5 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

For the icing

Step 8

Melt the butter in a saucepan and Whisk it with the cocoa powder.

Step 9

Add the icing sugar, vanilla and milk. Mix until creamy and rich.

Step 10

Spread the icing in between the two layers and around the cake. Sprinkle with icing sugar if desired. Let cool for 5 minutes for the icing to set. Enjoy!