Grandma's Chocolate Cake
This easy to make, rich chocolate cake, will be every chocolate-lover's favorite!
Equipment
- Two- 8 inch cake pans
Ingredients
Cake
- 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate (or 1/3 cup chocolate chips)
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¾ cups sugar
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup hot coffee
Frosting
- ½ cup butter (room temperature)
- 2 tbs milk
- 1 ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- 2 oz baking chocolate (melted)
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Making the Cake
- Melt Chocolate and Butter: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the chocolate and butter together, stirring constantly until smooth. Remove from the heat.
- Whisk Wet Ingredients: In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla extract until the mixture is light and creamy.
- Combine Wet and Melted: Gradually pour the egg mixture into the melted chocolate mixture, whisking gently until well combined and smooth.
- Sift Dry Ingredients: In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Sifting helps prevent lumps for a smoother batter.
- Combine Wet and Dry: Gradually add the sifted dry ingredients to the chocolate mixture, mixing until just combined. Avoid overmixing.
- Add Coffee: Pour in the coffee and stir until the batter is smooth and uniform.
- Prepare Pans and Bake: Pour the batter evenly into two greased 8-inch cake pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool Cakes: Let the cakes cool in the pans for a few minutes before inverting them onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Frosting
- Frost the Cake: Once the cakes are completely cool, prepare your frosting by mixing all the ingredients together until smooth. Frost the top and sides of one cake layer, then carefully place the second layer on top and frost the remaining cake.
