Chocolate Cake

 

You won’t find a better chocolate cake recipe than this one. You will be amazed at how good it is, and you will amaze those that you make if for.

I have been searching for a great chocolate cake recipe for years. I have found it. My search has ended. I now have THE recipe. If you have ever seen the movie Matilda you will surely remember the scene where the boy is forced to eat the most delicious looking chocolate cake ever. I feel just like that boy when I eat this cake. It is my Matilda chocolate cake for sure.

This cake is moist and has the perfect crumb. I cannot imagine making a chocolate cake using any other recipe. It is so easy to make and puts doctored cake mix recipes to shame. I’m eating a piece of the cake as I’m writing this, drooling all over my keyboard. It is insanely delicious. A decades search was worth the wait. Every…decadent…bite. Who wants cake?

Adapted From : thestayathomechef.com

Ingredients
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup (110g) packed light-brown sugar
1/3 cup (80ml) milk
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
3 large egg yolks
1 cup (235ml) boiling water*
2 large eggs
1/4 cup (56g) unsalted butter, melted
3/4 cup (175ml) vegetable oil or canola oil
3/4 cup (70g) unsweetened cocoa powder (scoop and level to measure)
2 cups (256g) all-purpose flour (spoon and level to measure)
1/2 cup (116g) sour cream
1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar

Instructions
Number One, Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans then line bottom of each with a round of parchment paper. Butter parchment paper. If you'd like more level cakes wrap cake pans with baking strips (which have been soaked and fully saturated with water, see notes below recipe), or you can cut top to level after baking.

Number Two, In a large, heat proof mixing bowl, whisk together granulated sugar brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Carefully pour boiling water in to cocoa mixture and immediately whisk to blend well. Allow to cool 5 minutes.

Number Three, Using an electric hand mixer set on low speed blend in vegetable oil and melted butter until combined. Add eggs, egg yolks and vanilla extract and blend just to combined. Then add flour and blend until combined, and finish by blending in milk and sour cream just until combined.

Number Four, Divide mixture evenly among 2 prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, about 29 - 34 minutes. Allow to cool in pan 5 minutes, run butter knife around edge of cake and invert onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely.

Number Five, Trim cakes level if needed. Add frosting to top of one round then top with second cake and frost top and sides of cake. Store in an airtight container.

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