Easy Chocolate Cake
to make and has the best easy frosting. If you eat it straight from the pan, I will not judge you.
Servings: 12 pieces
Ingredients
For Chocolate Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1 cup milk see note one about fat content
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For Chocolate Frosting
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 cups powdered sugar scooped and leveled, not packed
- 2 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
For Chocolate Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray an 9 inch by 9 inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the milk, vegetable oil, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs.
- Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir until they are just combined.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 35-38 minutes or just until a toothpick comes out clean.
For Chocolate Frosting
- In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and milk until smooth. Spread over cooled cake and serve.
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Notes
- In this recipe I used skim milk. In general it is okay to go up in fat content in baking recipes, but not down. So any milk will work well in this recipe.