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.
- Then take the chocolate, and butter and melt them in the boiling over medium heat until smooth. Then remove from the heat.
- In a bowl, mix together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Then add this to the chocolate mixture.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Sifting is important and ensures that the batter won’t be lumpy.
- Add the dry mixture to the chocolate mixture. then add the coffee and stir well!
- Pour into two 8 inch, greased, cake pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes
- Mix together the frosting until smooth, and frost the cake once it is cool