Chocolate Cake

 

This chocolate cake is moist delicious and easy to bake. Here's what you need:

Equipment: 2 round cake pans 9" (spray with    vegetable oil and dust with flour or cocoa)

                   1 large bowl

                   whisk or spoon

                   1 electric mixer (hand held or stand)

                    measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients: 2 cups granulated sugar

                    1 3/4 cups cake flour

                     3/4 cup 100% cocoa powder

                     1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

                     1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

                     1 teaspoon Kosher salt

                     2 large eggs (room temperature)

                     1 cup milk (room temperature)*

                     1/4 cup sour cream (room temperature) **

                     1/2 cup vegetable oil

                     2 teaspoons vanilla extract

                     1 cup hot coffee

Preheat oven to 350° F. In large bowl whisk or stir together dry ingredients. Then add all the wet ingredients except the hot coffee. Beat with stand mixer on medium for 1 minute. Add hot coffee. With mixer on low, incorporate hot coffee for 1 minute. Pour batter evenly into prepared cake pans. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven when a toothpick or cake tester inserted into center of cake has no wet batter. Let cool for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pans and place on wire racks. If desired, frost cake. Chocolate frosting recipe is in this blog. Enjoy!

*Vegan version use almond, oat, coconut or cashew milk

** May omit for vegan version