How To Make Easy Chocolate Cake From Scratch

This homemade chocolate cake is such an easy and delicious recipe. It’s a classic chocolate cake that is decadent, moist and full of rich chocolate flavor.

For any birthday or celebration, I’m always the one tasked with baking a cake. My love of chocolate is no surprise, so I always make a classic homemade chocolate cake. The best chocolate cake is easy to make, has a moist and tender crumb, yet is also light in texture and full of chocolate flavor in every bite. This recipe makes enough cake batter for one 9×13-inch rectangular pan, but you can always alter the recipe to convert cake pan sizes to fit what you have in your own kitchen.

I’ve tried many different recipes over the years, and previously had a favorite in my Chocolate Layer Cake. This moist chocolate cake recipe originates from that, but is updated to reflect several experiments with different ingredient for the best result. We’ve gone through a lot of cake in my family to get to this final recipe and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Eggless Chocolate Cake Recipe

After getting asked several times on substitutions like butter for oil or buttermilk for yogurt, I decided to try all of them out to find the best flavor for a chocolate cake from scratch. The ingredients below are my favorite to use, but it’s also a matter of taste and what’s available in your supermarket. I can guarantee that every option is a good one for this decadent chocolate ganache cake.

This chocolate sheet cake recipe makes one layer. If you’re looking to make a taller cake, I recommend sticking with the original recipe since the texture will hold up better to layering.

For this quick and easy chocolate cake recipe, all you need are a couple bowls to mix the ingredients and a 9×13-inch pan. Make sure to grease the pan well, as you don’t want any cake sticking to the edges.

Simple Chocolate Cake Recipe That Takes Just 40 Mins

In a large bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and then add in the sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, melted butter and sour cream until smooth. Add this to the flour mixture and stir until slightly combined.

The chocolate cake batter will be thick, but that is perfectly fine. Just mix it a little bit, and then add in the hot water and keep mixing until combined. You will likely have lumps in the beginning, but mix gently to incorporate all the ingredients and eventually stir with a whisk just until smooth.

Bake the homemade chocolate cake for 30-40 minutes, until a skewer or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool slightly before you make the chocolate ganache glaze.

Best Simple Chocolate Cake Recipe

This moist chocolate cake tastes amazing on its own, but I love to pair it with a simple chocolate ganache glaze. The chocolate ganache cake is decadent but keeps things quick and easy for a celebration or anytime chocolate craving.

To make the chocolate ganache simply microwave chocolate and heavy cream in 20-30 second intervals, stirring in between, until melted. You can also do this over a saucepan of simmering water if you don’t have a microwave. Pour the chocolate ganache glaze over the cooled cake. Refrigerate the cake for 1 hour until the ganache is set.

For a classic homemade chocolate cake, this recipe is my new favorite to make. The moist chocolate cake is rich, tender and full of chocolate flavor. The recipe is simple, yet the cake is absolutely stunning. This is the best classic chocolate cake I’ve ever made and I can’t wait for you to join me for a slice!Our really easy chocolate cake recipe is perfect for birthdays. It’s so moist and fudgy and will keep well for 4–5 days. For buttercream quantities, instead of ganache, use our cake calculator.

Chocolate Cake Recipe From Scratch

Each serving provides 477 kcal, 6.5g protein, 56g carbohydrates (of which 40g sugars), 25g fat (of which 10.5g saturates), 2.5g fibre and 0.6g salt.

It depends on personal preference! This recipe is an easy, moist cake that keeps well (great when you don’t want to be cooking at the last minute).

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You might have added too much cocoa powder, which absorbs more moisture than flour. Only add the amount suggested in the recipe: don’t be tempted to add extra thinking it will make your cake more chocolatey, it’s more likely to make it dry and crumbly. The other option is that your cake has been overcooked which will dry it out.

Ovens do vary and if yours runs hot you might find your cakes are very domed with deep cracks on the top. Try lowering the temperature a little.

Yes, fridges are a dry environment which will draw moisture from a cake making it stale before its time, so do not put sponge cakes in the fridge in an attempt to make them last longer.

Basic Chocolate Cake Recipe

The exception to this is when a cake is filled with fresh cream (or anything else that needs to be kept cold) when you should fill it at the last minute to minimise time in the fridge. Also, if it’s a hot day you might need to chill a cake to prevent the icing melting.

If a cake is completely covered with buttercream this will form a protective layer which helps prevent the cake drying out in the fridge. However the cold can still affect the texture of the sponge (as the fats in the cake solidify) so it should be brought back to room temperature before serving.This is it: you have found THE recipe for an easy chocolate cake from scratch that comes together in under an hour, requires no fancy ingredients or equipment, and is incredibly moist, chocolatey, soft, and scrumptious!

It all started with my Chocolate Malt Cake, which is the single best chocolate cake I've ever made or eaten. That recipe went mega viral, and hundreds of people recreated and loved it just as much as I do. However, I also kept getting hundreds of messages from people who couldn't get their hands on Ovaltine, sour cream or cream cheese, and wanted to know how the cake could be simplified.

Best Chocolate Cake Recipe (from Scratch)

So I began the process of creating a simpler version of that chocolate cake which used the most basic ingredients but was as close in texture and flavor as possible. When I finally got the recipe right, it was mind blowing! This cake is SO incredible, soft, and unbelievably easy to make.

Beautiful recipe! Made the cake and it was a hit with the family, super moist and delicious! @minibakesbyrabs We tried this yesterday and it came out AMAZING!! It's exactly like a Layers Bakeshop chocolate cake that I absolutely love. This is definitely going on our Eid dessert menu! @mehr.een Made this today... oh my God! Delicious.. thank you for the recipe of a perfect quick one bowl cake! @lubna_ke

And then I cover the cake in a simple ganache, using heavy cream and chocolate. But, to be honest, the cake is great even without the ganache!

Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe

Let's talk through the very simple process of making this chocolate cake. I have also made a detailed video you guys can watch below!

This is a no-fuss one bowl recipe. Simply mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Sift the ingredients to make sure there are no lumps, and use a hand whisk to combine them.

Now break in an egg, and pour in the oil and buttermilk. If you want to be on the safer side, you can whisk these ingredients in a separate bowl and pour them in, but I always add them directly and have never had an issue. Use a hand whisk to gently mix until everything comes together and no visible streaks of flour remain.

Super Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe From Scratch

If you wanted, you could have added the cocoa powder in step 1, and the water in step 2. But I like to add the boiling water to cocoa powder and instant coffee separately, as this helps bloom the cocoa powder. It sounds fancy, but it basically just means activating the cocoa powder. As you do this, you will notice the cocoa powder becomes more chocolatey in color and gives off a rich, beautiful aroma.

Now add the cocoa powder mix to the rest of the batter, and gently fold to combine. As always, don't over mix, as you don't want to develop too much gluten.

I like to bake this cake in a 9 round cake pan, like this one. It makes a medium-height cake, but using a larger pan like this helps ensure the cake bakes quickly (20-25 minutes), and rises more evenly.

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This is optional, but not really 😉 Ganache is the easiest frosting to make for chocolate cakes, and adds just that extra yumminess. Just pour boiling cream over chopped chocolate, wait 5 minutes, and then mix. You can use any plain chocolate you like the flavor of! I like to use a milk chocolate like this one as the

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