Black Coffee Chocolate Cake

5.0(23)

This is the EASIEST dark chocolate cake yet. It is super-chocolaty and very moist. I've been using this recipe for 30-years. NOTE: Here's a substitute for the one cup buttermilk: 2/3 cup plain yogurt plus 1/3 cup milk.

by Kathy228·published 2001-06-18

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Dessert

Servings

1 layer cake or sheet cake

Total time

45 min

prep 5 min

Calories / serving

3806 kcal

Ingredients (10)

serves

1 3/4 cups flourflour
2 cups sugarsugar
3/4 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking sodabaking-soda
1 teaspoon baking powderbaking-powder
2 eggsegg
1 cup strong black coffee, cooledcoffee
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup soured milkmilk
1/2 cup grapeseed oilgrapeseed-oil
1 teaspoon vanillavanilla

Instructions (5 steps)

01Beat it all together in one big bowl.
02The batter will be very thin.
03Pour into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch pan or two 9-inch layer pans.
04Bake 350°F for 35-40 minutes.
05* This is great when filled with creamy peanut butter and frosted with dark chocolate frosting.

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