Easy Chocolate Cake

 

This is a very easy and moist chocolate cake, which you can definitely can make on a weeknight! I only baked this for 25 min and I used a 9 inch baking pan.

 Easy Chocolate Cake (~ modified from Sweet Tooth:100 Desserts to save Room For by Sarah Fennel)

 

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup packed light brown sugar

½ cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup vegetable oil

½ cup buttermilk (used ½ cup milk and 1 teaspoon lemon juice and let it sit for 10 min)

1 large egg, at room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 cup hot strongly brewed coffee

Confectioner’s sugar for topping

 

Instructions

1.       Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line two 8-inch cake pans with parchment paper.

2.       In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk oil, vanilla, eggs, and buttermilk.

3.       Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, whisking until no lumps remain. Pour in hot brewed coffee, mixing until just combined.

4.       Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for roughly 30 minutes  (Baked ~25 min), or until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.