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Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe
One bowl no mixer homemade chocolate cake! It's perfectly rich and chocolatey, it has a heavenly texture with a fluffy crumb, and the fudgy chocolate ganache frosting is the crowning finish.
👥 9 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 50m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 30 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- baking dish
- oven
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- saucepan
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 by 9 or 8 by 8-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray then dust with cocoa. Shake out excess cocoa.
2
In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, sugar, 6 Tbsp cocoa, the baking soda, and salt.
3
Add buttermilk, oil, vanilla and eggs.
(142g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)1 cup(200g) granulated sugar1 cup(35g) Dutch process cocoa powder, (plus more for dusting pan)6 Tbspbuttermilk1 cuplarge eggs2
4
Whisk mixture until very well blended (about ⏱️ 1 minute).
5
Pour into prepared baking dish.
6
Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, about 27 to ⏱️ 35 minutes.
7
Let cool completely on a wire rack.
8
Meanwhile make ganache. Place finely chopped chocolate in a medium heat proof mixing bowl.
9
Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan over stovetop on medium heat until just simmering.
10
Pour hot cream over chocolate chocolate then stir with a rubber spatula until melted and smooth. Let it cool until it's a thicker consistency, about ⏱️ 30 minutes* then spread over cake and slice.
Nutrition Facts
calories
464 kcal
fat Content
29 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
31 g
sodium Content
254 mg
protein Content
6 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
66 mg
carbohydrate Content
48 g
saturated Fat Content
11 g
unsaturated Fat Content
15 g
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