The Best Chocolate Cake Ever

Submitted by Emily Passaro

"My grandmother taught me how to make this cake. This is the most moist chocolate cake I have ever tasted. It was my dad's favorite and now it is my husband's favorite too. The first 11 ingredients are for the cake and the last 6 are for the icing."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 1 2 layer cake
• Serves: 10-12

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour (I use Gold Medal brand)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup hot coffee
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

directions

1. Sift together dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
2. Add oil, coffee, and milk; mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.
3. Add eggs and vanilla; beat for 2 more minutes. Batter will be thin.
4. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
5. Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes.
6. Cool cakes for 15 minutes before removing from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
7. To make the icing, combine the milk and flour in a saucepan and cook until thick, stirring often to prevent it from being lumpy. Cover and refrigerate until cool.
8. In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
9. Add chilled milk/flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes.
10. Frost cake after is it completely cool.
11. Refrigerate cake until just before serving.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

I used all the ingredients as listed for the cake. It is a very delicious chocolate cake. It is very moist and good. You could not taste the flavor of coffee. My house was filled with teenagers last night and they ate it all up except for the last piece. I didn't use the icing on the recipe. I used a chocolate frosting because I only like chocolate frosting on chocolate cake.

 

[angelit161]

Made this over the weekend it was delicious. Everyone enjoyed. I used a different icing recipe but it still tastes great and I will definitely be saving this recipe. Thanks

 

[Antonia A.]

Excellent recipe. The cake was moist choclatey and delicious. I used a different icing recipe but the cake was still yummy. Everyone enjoyed. This one is a keeper!

 

[Chad L.]

I used this recipe for my wife birthday cake, it was my first cake I've ever baked, and it turned out perfectly. I modified it a bit to work with some of the ingredients I had, substituted warm coconut oil for vegetable oil. and used the rest of our coconut sugar, and then used a different frosting recipe because she wanted a pink cake. but everyone absolutely loved it! I think every single person who tried said it was the best cake they've ever had, so thanks for helping make my wife's birthday extra special!

 

[Chef Ming]

Best chocolate cake recipe I've found. Thank you for sharing Emily:)