You want to make a delicious chocolate cake? There are so many variations of chocolate cake that you can choose from. Here is a simple recipe to get you started with chocolate cake.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups (192 grams) flour
- 1 cup (201 grams) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon (7 grams) salt
- 1 teaspoon (2 grams) baking soda
- 3 tablespoons (43 grams) cocoa
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vinegar
- 6 tablespoons (90 ml) oil
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla essence or 2 tsp. (2ml) vanilla extract (optional)
- 1 cup (200 ml) water
- 2 eggs
Step
Step 1. Sift all dry ingredients
The dry ingredients are: flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and chocolate. Place all ingredients in a sieve, then toss over the bowl to remove lumps.
Step 2. Mix well all the liquid ingredients
Vinegar, oil, vanilla, water and eggs. You can add individual ingredients, or mix all of the ingredients in a second bowl before adding to the dry ingredients.
Step 3. Pour the mixture into a floured and greased 8-inch round pan
The oil and flour will keep the mixture from sticking to the pan.
Step 4. Bake at 350 degrees F
(175 C) for 30 minutes.
Step 5. Let the cake cool for 5 minutes
Step 6. Layer the cake as you wish
Variation
- Make a spongy chocolate cake for a light dessert.
- Make a solid chocolate cake if you want a filling dessert.
- Add hazelnut pralines to chocolate cake for an original recipe.
- Instead of baking with chocolate chip cookies.
- Running out of layers of material? Replace with chocolate chips (chocolate chips)!
- Bake a walnut chocolate chip cookie to enjoy with afternoon tea.
- Make a crumb cake, which is chocolate covered with Oreo biscuits.
Tips
- Do not cut the cake or remove the cake from the pan unless it has cooled for at least 5 minutes.
- For a softer cake, add baking soda.
- Add some edible decorations, like chocolate chips, flowers or cream beads, etc.
- Use half or double the amount of ingredients to make smaller or larger cakes.
