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Simple Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe

YYummy TreatsYouTube45 minutes
Original video by Yummy Treats on YouTube2:39

About this recipe

This Simple Moist Chocolate Cake is a straightforward recipe that's perfect for beginners. It's designed to be quick and easy, resulting in a moist and dense cake that satisfies any chocolate craving.

The video from Yummy Treats guides you through each step, ensuring you can whip up this delicious cake without any fuss.

Ingredient notes

  • To make buttermilk, add 1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice to 1 cup milk and let it stand for 10 minutes.

Tips from Yummy Treats’s video

  • Make sure not to over mix the batter; some lumps in the batter are absolutely okay.

Good to know

What is the baking temperature for this cake?
Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C.
How long should I bake the cake?
Bake for about 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

No life story here — the video and the recipe are the whole point. All credit to Yummy Treats: watch the original on YouTube.

The recipe

Serves Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

Steps

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 200°C.

  2. 2

    In a mixing bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.

  3. 3

    In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, hot water, melted butter, vanilla essence, and eggs.

  4. 4

    Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. It's okay to have some lumps in the batter.

  5. 5

    Pour the batter into a greased cake pan.

  6. 6

    Bake in the preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Heads up — we had to guess a little:

  • The baking time and temperature were inferred from the caption.

Credit where it’s due: this recipe was transcribed from Yummy Treats’s original video on YouTube. Follow them there — it’s their dish.

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