The Most Amazing Chocolate Cake
The Most Amazing Chocolate Cake delivers ultra‑moist layers, rich cocoa flavor, and foolproof tips—your new go‑to recipe for birthdays and beyond.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups 260 g all‑purpose flour
- 2 cups 400 g granulated sugar
- ¾ cup 75 g Dutch‑process cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 cup 240 ml buttermilk, room temperature
- ½ cup 120 ml vegetable oil
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup 240 ml hot coffee or boiling water
Chocolate Buttercream
- 1 cup 226 g unsalted butter, softened
- 3 ½ cups 420 g powdered sugar, sifted
- 6 oz 170 g dark chocolate, melted & cooled
- 3 – 4 Tbsp 45 – 60 ml heavy cream
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- Pinch fine sea salt
Instructions
Prep Pans
- Heat oven to 350 °F / 175 °C.
- Grease two 9‑inch round pans, line bottoms with parchment, and dust sides with cocoa.
Mix Dry
- In a large bowl whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until even.
Add Wet
- Beat in eggs, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla on low just until smooth.
Thin the Batter
- Pour in hot coffee and stir; the batter will be thin—this creates a soft, moist crumb.
Bake
- Divide batter between pans, tap twice to release bubbles.
- Bake 32 – 35 min, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool 10 min in pans, then turn out onto racks and cool completely.
Make Buttercream
- Cream butter 2 min until pale.
- Mix in powdered sugar a cup at a time.
- Beat in melted chocolate, 3 Tbsp cream, vanilla, and salt. Add extra cream if needed for a silky spread.
Assemble
- Place first layer on plate; spread about ¾ cup frosting edge‑to‑edge.
- Top with second layer, bottom side up for a level surface.
- Cover cake with a thin “crumb coat”; chill 15 min.
- Finish with remaining frosting, swirling the top and sides.
Serve & Store
- Slice at room temperature.
- Cover leftovers; hold at room temp 2 days or refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Unfrosted layers freeze (double‑wrapped) up to 3 months.
Notes
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories: 560 kcal
- Total Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Carbohydrates: 74 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Sugars: 55 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Sodium: 360 mg
- Cholesterol: 70 mg
- Potassium: 220 mg
- Calcium: 70 mg
- Iron: 3.5 mg
