Chocolate Cake Recipe From Scratch – Baking Decadent Chocolate Desserts for the Family
It’s a great weekend, and your family is staying for good food and good conversation. Why not make the day more special by baking heavenly chocolate desserts for them—a decadent chocolate cake perhaps?
This chocolate cake recipe is a tried-and-tested runaway hit among those who have tried it, so better wear that apron, get your baking paraphernalia and start mixing and preheating the oven. It’s time to get down and dirty—in the kitchen, that is!
Chocolate Cake Recipe Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups sugar
½ tsp baking powder
¾ cup cooled brewed coffee
¾ cup evaporated milk
1 tbsp lemon juice
½ cup shortening
2 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
4 ounces cooled melted semi-sweet chocolate
Method of Baking:
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2 or two 9-inch pans.
- Combine the lemon juice and evaporated milk in a bowl. Set aside.
- Combine all the remaining ingredients except coffee and place in a bowl of the stand mixer. Set the mixer at a low speed. Slowly add the brewed coffee then the milk-lemon juice mixture into the mixer bowl. You should be able to make 3-4 additions into the bowl.
- Beat the mixture for 30 seconds on low speed so that the ingredients will become moist.
- Afterwards, beat the mixture for 3 minutes on high speed.
- Pour the mixture evenly into baking pans.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes (for oblong pans) or 30-35 minutes (for layer pans). The cake is done when you insert a wooden skewer in the middle and the skewer comes out clean.
Trick on making your chocolate cake from scratch: You can make your chocolate cake even more decadent when you incorporate around ¾ cup of chocolate chips into the mixture at the end of the mixing time and when you make a perfect frosting to go with the cake.
There are a lot of frosting options from which you can choose from—vanilla cream frosting, dark chocolate frosting, cream cheese frosting, and many more! You can also add some toppings and edible decorations on your cake to make it more attractive and delicious-looking! Almonds, sprinkles, crushed Oreos, peaches, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, whipped cream and chocolate syrup are just a few of the endless possible combinations for your decadent cake. Go ahead, indulge in a nice slice of your blissful kitchen masterpiece!
