Rich Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup heavy cream or milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp chocolate extract, optional
- 1 cup freshly brewed coffee
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Coat 2 8"x 8" round pans or one 13" x 9" pan with butter, shortening or cake release
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, milk, vegetable oil, vanilla and chocolate extract.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined.
- Stir in coffee.
- Pour into prepared pan
- Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan.
- Once cool, decorate with icing of choice.
Notes
If baking this recipe in a 12" round pan or larger, reduce oven temperature to 325°F and bake for 45 minutes