Ah, chocolate cake! 🍫 Let’s go for a simple but delicious one you can actually make at home. Here’s a basic recipe:
Simple Chocolate Cake
Ingredients (for 8 slices)
- 1 and 3/4 cups (220g) all-purpose flour
- 1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 and 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 cup (75g) cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 2 cups (400g) sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (240ml) milk
- 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240ml) boiling water
Steps
- Preheat oven & prep pan
- Preheat to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease a 9Ă—13-inch baking pan (or line with parchment paper).
- Mix dry ingredients
- In a big bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt.
- Mix wet ingredients
- In another bowl, beat eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla until smooth.
- Combine
- Slowly add the wet mix into the dry mix. Stir until smooth.
- Carefully stir in the boiling water (batter will be thin—that’s normal).
- Bake
- Pour batter into the pan.
- Bake 30–35 minutes (check with a toothpick: it should come out clean).
- Cool & serve
- Let cake cool completely before frosting, or enjoy as is!
If you want, I can also give a super quick 1-bowl microwave version that’s ready in 5 minutes for when you’re craving chocolate cake now.
Do you want me to do that?
