Best Homemade Chocolate Cake Recipe

Name: Best Homemade Chocolate Cake
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 (3-layer cake)
Ingredients: 2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar, packed; ¾ cup vegetable oil; 4 eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1½ cups buttermilk, room temperature; 1½ cups plain hot coffee; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 3 teaspoons baking soda; 1½ teaspoons baking powder; 1½ teaspoons salt; 1 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder; BEST CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING; 6 cup confectioners sugar, sifted; 16 tablespoons butter (2 sticks); 1 1/3 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream (may need more or less); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Salt, generous pinch

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed
¾ cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1½ cups buttermilk, room temperature
1½ cups plain hot coffee
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking soda
1½ teaspoons baking powder
1½ teaspoons salt
1 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder
BEST CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
6 cup confectioners sugar, sifted
16 tablespoons butter (2 sticks)
1 1/3 cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream (may need more or less)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Salt, generous pinch

	COOK TIME 25m	TOTAL TIME 25m
YIELD 1 (3-layer cake)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325. F.
Grease and flour 3 (9-inch cake pans), set aside.
In a large bowl, mix together granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vegetable oil.
Mix in eggs one at a time.
Mix in vanilla extract, buttermilk, and hot coffee until combined. Set aside.
In a large bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.
Gradually mix dry ingredients into wet ingredients.
Pour batter evenly into prepared pans (I did about 2 cups per pan)
Bake on middle rack for about 25 minutes. (Do not overbake. Cakes should look moist on the tops)
Remove from oven and let the cakes sit in hot pans until warm to the touch.
Carefully, remove from pans and place on a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Meanwhile make the frosting by combining powder sugar, butter and cocoa powder in a large bowl until crumbly.
Gradually add in enough heavy whipping cream to achieve your desired texture.
Mix in vanilla extract and a pinch of salt.
When cakes have cooled frost and enjoy. (Cake gets even better the next day!)