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Chocolate Cake

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Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is one of the tastiest easy homemade cakes. Best of all, it is light, inexpensive, and children love it very much.

Total time45 min
Prep15 min
Cook30 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyEasy
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DessertsInternationalVegetarianGluten freeNut freeEgg freeEasyBalanced time

Recipe story

Chocolate cake is one of the tastiest easy homemade cakes. Best of all, it is light, inexpensive, and children love it very much.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • half a cup cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 and a half cups sugar
  • 1 cup oil
  • 1 cup liquid milk
  • 1 very small teaspoon baking soda or bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee
  • 1 tablespoon butter for greasing the pan

Method

  1. Whisk the eggs, vanilla, and sugar well until the sugar completely dissolves and the mixture rises
  2. Add the oil and whisk until the mixture becomes creamy
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the baking soda and instant coffee with the milk, then add them to the whipped egg mixture and mix
  4. Mix the dry ingredients separately: flour, cocoa, and baking powder, then add them to the wet mixture and whisk for 2 minutes
    Timers: 2 min
  5. Grease the pan well with butter and pour the batter into the pan
  6. Place the cake in the oven on the middle rack and bake at a medium temperature for 45 minutes, or according to your oven
    Timers: 45 min
  7. Serve the chocolate cake at room temperature after it has cooled
  8. Chocolate cake from our friend at Shou Tabkhin Today
  9. Manal Salman
  10. Also, one of the easiest cakes, here is the recipe for Lazy Cake
  11. Here is how to make Mini Eclair

Notes and serving ideas

  • Lazy Cake
  • Mini Eclair
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