Chocolate cake

🍫 Chocolate Cake (simple, moist homemade recipe)

Here’s a classic soft and rich chocolate cake you can make easily at home.

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🧁 Ingredients

Dry:

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• 1½ tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt

Wet:

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk (or buttermilk for extra softness)
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup hot water (or hot coffee for deeper flavor)

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🍰 Instructions

1. Mix dry ingredients

In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

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2. Add wet ingredients

Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.

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3. Add hot water

Slowly pour in hot water and mix.
👉 Batter will be thin—that’s what makes the cake moist.

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4. Bake

• Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F)
• Grease a baking pan
• Bake for 30–35 minutes

Check with a toothpick—if it comes out clean, it’s done.

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5. Cool & serve

Let it cool before adding frosting or slicing.

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🍫 Optional frosting (quick chocolate icing)

• ½ cup cocoa powder
• ½ cup butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2–3 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Mix until smooth and spread on cooled cake.

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💡 Tips for extra soft cake

• Don’t overmix batter
• Use oil instead of butter for more moisture
• Add a spoon of coffee to enhance chocolate flavor

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If you want, I can also give you a no-oven chocolate cake, eggless version, or 5-minute microwave mug cake.