Best Ever Dark Chocolate Cake Recipes

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 round 9-inch cake pans.
• For the cake, put flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix well.
• In a stand mixer, mix the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla together. Slowly add in the mix of dry ingredients while the mixer is on low. Add the coffee and make sure everything is combined. The batter will be very thin.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Allow the cakes to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack.
• Make the Dark Chocolate Buttercream (double the recipe).
• Now it's time to put your cake together!
• Frost the top of the first cake. Then layer the other half of the cake on top. Frost the outside of the cake.
• Use a decorating comb to smooth the outside edge and to make lines, if desired.
• Pipe stars using Wilton tip 1M on the top outer edge of the cake.
• Sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the top of the cake.

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the eggs, coffee, milk, oil and vinegar. Mix until smooth; the batter will be thin. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 - 9 inch round cake pans. In medium bowl, pour boiling water over cocoa, and whisk until smooth. Let mixture cool. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at time, then stir in vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture. Spread batter evenly between the 3 prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool.

BEST EVER DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• First, sift (or push through metal strainer) the cocoa powder to get all of the lumps out.
• Mix in sugar and flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Wisk well.
• Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Mix well, the batter will be very thick.
• Last, add the boiling water. After mixing, the batter will now be very thin.
• Pour into 2 9 inch rounds (greased and floured), 1 9x13 (greased and floured) or about 26 standard sized cupcakes with paper liners. With this thin batter, its about 1/4 cup of batter per cup. (Or, 2 full muffin pans and another small sized something for the extra).
• Bake at 350. 30-35 minutes for cakes and 20-25 minutes for cupcakes.
• These don't rise to be very large and puffy. They have a flat top, perfect for frosting.

BEST EVER DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• prepare your pans.
• preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 1. in a medium bowl, mix all dry ingredients.
• 2. in a separate bowl, add eggs, milk, melted butter and vanilla until well combined.
• 3. add dry to wet mixing until well combined.
• 4. bake until toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Approximately 30 mins, longer for stoneware.
• I like to top it with ganache but you can top with just about anything.
• Enjoy!