Recipes

Extreme Chocolate Cake

Extreme Chocolate Cake

A rich moist chocolate cake with a chocolate buttercream icing. This is the best cake in the world!

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 12 servings

Ingredient Checklist

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • ¾ cup butter
  • 1 ½ cups unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 5 ⅓ cups confectioners' sugar
  • ⅔ cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
  • Step 2
    Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.
  • Step 3
    Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.
  • Step 4
    To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.
  • Step 5
    Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

655 calories; protein 7.3g 15% DV; carbohydrates 111.1g 36% DV; fat 24.6g 38% DV; cholesterol 64.2mg 21% DV; sodium 524.3mg 21% DV.

 

By RACH56