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Simple Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe

Simple moist chocolate cake recipe! This one bowl chocolate cake is light, fluffy, moist, and delicious. Learn how to make chocolate cake in easy steps.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time35 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, British
Keyword: chocolate cake, chocolate cake recipe, easy moist chocolate cake recipe, how to make chocolate cake, simple chocolate cake
Servings: 12
Calories: 340kcal
Author: Kemi

Equipment

  • Measuring Scale
  • Measuring spoons
  • Mixing bowl
  • Fork or Whisk
  • Cake Pans
  • Cooling rack

Ingredients

  • 240 g Plain Flour (All purpose flour)
  • 360 g Caster or Granulated sugar
  • 60 g Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons Baking soda
  • 1.5 teaspoons Baking powder
  • ¾ cup Vegetable or Sunflower oil
  • 3 Eggs
  • ½ cup Buttermilk
  • ½ cup Boiling hot Water
Metric - US customary

Instructions

  • Measure out the ingredients. Preheat the oven.
    ingredients for the recipe displayed.
  • Lightly grease the cake pans with butter and line with baking paper. Set aside.
    Sift the flour into a bowl then add baking soda, baking powder, and sugar. Mix well and set aside. 
    The dry ingredients mixed in a bowl.
  • In another bowl (mixing bowl), add the eggs, milk, and oil then whisk. 
    The wet ingredients mixed in another bowl.
  • Add in the flour mixture and stir till it forms batter then add the boiling hot water and mix till batter is smooth.
    the chocolate cake batter in a bowl.
  • Pour the cake batter into the prepared cake pans and put them in the oven. Bake at a temperature of 170C for 35 minutes or till skewer when inserted, comes out clean. 
    the batter poured in two cake pans.
  • Bring the cakes out of the oven and leave them in the cake pans for 5 minutes before turning onto a cooling rack. 
    Remove the baking paper and leave the cakes to cool completely. 
    baked cakes on a cooling rack.
  • You can then serve or fill and cover with chocolate buttercream frosting or any frosting of your choice.
    frosted 8 inch chocolate cake.

Notes

Chocolate buttercream icing recipe
Tips
  • Bring the butter to room temperature before using.
  • Bake the cake in the middle of the oven by putting the cake pans on the middle rack. This ensures even heat distribution to make your cake cook perfectly. 
  • Before putting frosting and decorating, let the cake cool completely. 
  • Add chocolate chips for extra chocolatey goodness.
  • To make it gluten-free, replace the flour with gluten-free flour.
  • You can replace the oil with melted butter.
  • To avoid cake sinking in the middle, do not open the oven in the first 25 minutes while the cakes are baking as this will cause loss of heat.

Nutrition

Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 263mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 76IU | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg