ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

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Ultimate Chocolate Cake Recipe

Yield: 20-24

Author: Sasha Nary of @SashaCakesChicago

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 60 MinInactive time: 60 MinTotal time: 2 H & 20 M

Are you still in search for that perfect, satisfying for even most advanced palette, perfectly spongy, fluffy, moist, not too sweet or overwhelming Chocolate Cake? Well, your search is over! I also experimented, tested, and tasted hundreds of recipes until developing my own that has received a seal of approval by the dozens of pickiest chocolate cake experts!

Ingredients

• 1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter
• 2 cups (402 g) sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1.7 cups (410 ml) boiling water or hot coffee
• 1 cup (100 g) cocoa powder
• 2.5 cups (350 g) all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Sift your flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
3. Boil water or prepare a strong hot coffee. Pour your hot water (or coffee) onto your cocoa and mix together until cocoa dissolves completely. Set aside to cool slightly.
4. Cream your butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 8-10 minutes.
5. Add your eggs to your sugar mixture, one at a time, and continue whisking at low speed until incorporated. Scrape down the sides as needed.
6. Add your dry ingredients alternatively with your warm water/cocoa or water/coffee mixture. Begin by adding dry, then alternate with wet. Add dry in four parts, and wet in three.
7. Spray your pans with baking spray and fill with batter. Tap them on the table to knock out the air.
8. Bake at 350 F for 35-40 m or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 min before removing from the tin onto a wire cooling rack.

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