This is my signature chocolate cake recipe that I have been using for a little over 6 years. It was the first chocolate cake that I ever made from scratch that tasted like what I think in my mind chocolate cake should taste like! A little bit fudgy, full of chocolate flavor and melt in your mouth delicious!
This recipe also works GREAT for carving sculpted cakes! I use the same recipe for wedding and sculpted. I always bake them, de-pan them, wrap them in plastic wrap and then chill in the fridge or freezer (depending on how much of a rush I’m in) and then carve. Chilled cakes make carving or stacking SO much easier!
Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Dutch cocoa powder (2.25oz)
Water (8.25oz)
3 Large Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
Vegetable oil (2oz)
King Arthur unbleached cake flour (10oz)
Granulated Sugar (10.5oz)
1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
3/4 teaspoon Salt
Unsalted Butter at Room Temperature (8oz)
Instructions
Bring the water to a boil.
Add in cocoa powder.
Whisk until smooth then place bowl into freezer to chill to room temperature.
Weigh out all liquid ingredients and set aside.
Weigh out all dry ingredients and place into a stand mixer bowl and attach the paddle attachment. Turn on Low. Add in your room temperature butter in small chunks. Combine on low until you achieve a sandy mixture.
Once your chocolate mixture is cooled, combine it with your liquid ingredients and give it a little whisk to break up the eggs and combine things together. Add 1/3 of your liquid mixture into your dry ingredients and mix on med-high for 2 minutes. If you do not do this step, your recipe will not turn out.
After 2 minutes, your batter should be lighter in color and thick like ice cream. Turn your mixer back down to low and add in the rest of your liquids slowly. Stop once or twice to scrape the bowl as needed. Once they are all combined, turn back up to med-high for another 30 seconds.
Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 35-45 minutes depending on how big your pans are. The bigger the pan, the longer it will take for them to bake. When a toothpick comes out of the center with a few sticky crumbs on it, the cake is done.
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