Name: How to make moist chocolate cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Ingredients: 1 cup all purpose flour or 120g; 1/2 cup corn starch or 60g; 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder or 75g; 1.5 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp baking soda; 1/2 cup brown sugar (light or dark brown); 1/2 cup white granulated sugar; 3/4 tsp salt; 3/4 cup milk+1.5 tsp vinegar; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup oil; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3/4 cup hot water+1 tsp instant coffee; 1/4 cup hot whole or full fat milk; 1 tbsp butter; 200g semi sweets morsels (1 heaping cup)

This moist chocolate cake is decadent and so easy to make!

How to make moist chocolate cake

Author: Nupur Bhattacharya Cooking Method:Baking Courses:Dessert

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 15 minutesCook time: 55 minutesRest time: minutesTotal time:1 hour 10 minutesServings:8 servingsCalories: kcal Best Season:Suitable throughout the year

Description

If you are craving a moist and decadent chocolate cake, this recipe is for you!

Ingredients

Chocolate cake batter

1 cup all purpose flour or 120g

1/2 cup corn starch or 60g
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder or 75g
1.5 tsp baking powder

0.5 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar (light or dark brown)
1/2 cup white granulated sugar

3/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup milk+1.5 tsp vinegar
2 eggs

1/2 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup hot water+1 tsp instant coffee

Chocolate Ganache

1/4 cup hot whole or full fat milk
1 tbsp butter
200g semi sweets morsels (1 heaping cup)

Instructions

Chocolate Cake

Pre-heat your oven to 150C or 300F
You can use a 6,7, or 8 inch can pan for this recipe. Line with parchment paper and grease with oil on both sides of the parchment paper
In a large bowl sift in all purpose flour, corn starch, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda

Mix the dry ingredients
Add salt, white and brown sugar. If you don’t have brown sugar, substitute with white sugar instead.
Mix and set aside

In a bowl take lukewarm milk and add white vinegar. Stir for 1-2 minutes and make sure the milk looks curdled. If the milk doesn’t look curdled, add some more vinegar
Add eggs, vanilla extract and any neutral cooking oil
Whisk well and set aside

To boiling hot water in a cup add instant coffee. Stir well and set aside
Add the milk/egg mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk till just combined on low speed
Add coffee in hot water and whisk on low speed

Pour into the cake pan and bake for 50-55 min
The surface of the cake should feel spongy and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come out clean
Cool down the cake for 5 min and then de-mold it onto a wire rack

Trim the surface of the cake and cut 2-3 layers. Refer to the video below on how to cut with a string
Place the cake layers in the fridge for 10 min so they cool down completely before icing

Chocolate Ganache

Add hot whole milk to chocolate morsels and butter

Mix well till all the chocolate melts. If some of the chocolate has not melted, place the bowl in the microwave oven for 10 sec to melt it completely
Cool down the chocolate ganache to room temperature so it gets to a beautiful velvety spreadable consistency