How to Make a Chocolate Cake Easy
Ready In: 55 mins
Serves: 18
Yields: 1 cake
Ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter or 3⁄4 cup margarine, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour three 6" X 1 1/2" round cake pans.
- Mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, eggs and vanilla.
- Gradually add sugar.
- Beat on medium to high speed for about 3-4 minutes until well mixed.
- Alternately combine in flour mixture and milk to batter while beating.
- Continue to beat until batter is smooth.
- Pour equal amounts of batter into greased and floured round cake pans.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes.
- Check with a toothpick to se if it is done. Bake a few minutes more, if needed.
- Remove from oven and allow cakes to cool in pans for a few minutes.
- Place cakes on a wire rack, to them allow to completely cool.
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