The Best Chocolate Cake Ever
The Best Chocolate Cake Ever
Time: 1 hrs
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (I use Gold Medal brand)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup hot coffee
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
- 1 Sift together dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- 2 Add oil, coffee, and milk; mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.
- 3 Add eggs and vanilla; beat for 2 more minutes. Batter will be thin.
- 4 Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
- 5 Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes.
- 6 Cool cakes for 15 minutes before removing from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.
- 7 To make the icing, combine the milk and flour in a saucepan and cook until thick, stirring often to prevent it from being lumpy. Cover and refrigerate until cool.
- 8 In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar, and vanilla until creamy.
- 9 Add chilled milk/flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes.
- 10 Frost cake after is it completely cool.
- 11 Refrigerate cake until just before serving.
