Chocolate cake

Name: Chocolate cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 43 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 2 cups cake flour** (280 g all purpose); 2 cups sugar (402 g); 1 cup cocoa (reg or Dutch processed) (125 g); 1 ½ tsp baking powder; 1 ½ tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 1 cup mayo (220 g); 1 cup milk (240 g); 2 tsp vanilla; 1 cup boiling water**to make cake flour, for each cup of all purpose flour, remove 2 TBS flour add 2 TBS cornstarch

6 steps

Prep:20minCook:23min

chocolate cake recipe modified slightly from the Hersey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:48:38 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories581.9 kcal (29%)

Total Fat25.7 g (37%)

Carbs88.6 g (34%)

Sugars52.2 g (58%)

Protein8.1 g (16%)

Sodium697 mg (35%)

Fiber5.3 g (19%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

280gcake flour

402gsugar

1 cupcocoa

reg or Dutch processed

1 ½ tspbaking powder

1 ½ tspbaking soda

1 tspsalt

2eggs

1 cupmayo

1 cupmilk

2 tspvanilla

1 cupwater

boiling, to make cake flour, for each cup of all purpose flour, remove 2 TBS flour 2 TBS cornstarch

Instructions

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

Step 2

Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, mayo, milk, and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

Step 3

Bake 30 to 35 minutes (unless using three pans. In that case, bake for 22 minutes or 22.5 minutes) or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings.

Step 4

VARIATIONS:

Step 5

ONE-PAN CAKE: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350° F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely. Frost.

Step 6

THREE LAYER CAKE: Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Heat oven to 350°F. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 23 to 24 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost.