Basic Chocolate Cake
Serves: 3
Cierra Adams
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
53
Spice
53
Sweetness
49
Sourness
42
mins
Prep time (avg)
4
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2.5 cups
All-Purpose Flour2 cups
Sugar1.5 tsps
Baking Powder1 tsp
Baking Soda1 tsp
Salt3 large
Egg (at room temperature)3 cup
Vegetable Oil1 cup
Sour Cream2 tsps
Vanilla ExtractDirections:
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
2
Coat two 9-inch-round cake pans with cooking spray and line the bottoms with parchment paper
3
Whisk the cocoa powder and 1 1/2 cups boiling water in a medium bowl until smooth; set aside
4
Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl until combined
5
Add the eggs, vegetable oil, sour cream and vanilla and beat with a mixer on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute
6
Reduce the mixer speed to low; beat in the cocoa mixture in a steady stream until just combined, then finish mixing with a rubber spatula
7
(The batter will be thin
8
) Divide the batter between the prepared pans and tap the pans against the counter to help the batter settle
9
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes
10
Transfer to racks and let cool 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the pans and turn the cakes out onto the racks to cool completely
11
Remove the parchment
12
Trim the tops of the cakes with a long serrated knife to make them level, if desired
13
Photograph by Levi Brown