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ONE BOWL Chocolate cake

This chocolate cake is so easy to make, the batter is made in one bowl and comes together in under one hour. It is a tender, moist and fluffy cake recipe that is intensely packed with chocolate flavor.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Brunch, Cake, Dessert, Icing, Sweet tooth, tea time
Cuisine American
Servings 9 inch cake

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Rubber spatula
  • 9 inch round tin

Ingredients
  

Chocolate cake

  • 1 ½ cup flour
  • ½ cup castor sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 and 1/3 cup hot coffee
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp vinegar

Serve with

  • 1 cup whipping cream whipped to soft peaks
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180℃, line a 9 inch round baking tin with oil and baking paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl add the flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar, white sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, whisk together until evenly distributed.
  • Pour in the oil, vinegar, buttermilk and vanilla, whisk until it starts to come together. Add the hot coffee and whisk until smooth.
  • Pour the batter into the lined tin and bake for 35-48 minutes until a tooth pick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely before topping with whipped cream, dusting cocoa powder, slicing and serving.

Notes

  • The hot coffee makes this cake taste delicious, you do not taste the coffee it purely enhances the chocolate flavor.
  • Do not over bake the cake, do a tooth pick test to make sure it baked through.