One Bowl Chocolate Cake
You'll love this moist and irresistable one bowl chocolate cake baked from scratch and topped with our rich, homemade frosting!
Servings: 12
Calories: 463kcal
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2½ cups flour
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup hot coffee
- 1 cup vegetable oil
Icing:
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ tablespoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon coffee
Instructions
Cake:
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Grease and flour a 9x13-inch cake pan.
- Using a large bowl combine the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk the dry ingredients together.
- Add the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, coffee, and oil. Beat on medium speed for about two minutes, the batter will be thin.
- Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
- Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in the pan before icing.
Icing:
- In a medium saucepan on medium-low heat melt the butter. Remove from heat.
- Whisk in cocoa.
- Return to stove on medium-low heat and cook until just begins to boil.
- Remove from heat. Whisk in the powdered sugar (you can sift it to remove any lumps before adding).
- Add the vanilla and coffee and stir until mixed.
- Let the frosting cool for 10 minutes to let it set up just a bit. Then ice the cake. Don’t let it cool too long or it will harden in your pan and not be as easy to spread.
- Spread the icing over the cake.
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Notes
- Rubbing cocoa powder on the pan instead of flour keeps the chocolate flavor going.
- Oven temperatures vary and may need to be recalibrated periodically to ensure they are accurate. Make sure to keep a close eye on your cake as the suggested baking time approaches.
- Don’t let the icing cool too long, or it will harden in your pan and not be easy to spread.
Nutrition
Calories: 463kcal | Carbohydrates: 88g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 296mg | Potassium: 205mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 64g | Vitamin A: 309IU | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 2mg