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Chocolate Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate Cake

15 ingredients Serves 12 openrecipes

An easy and delicious chocolate cake recipe with decadent butter icing. I've yet to come across someone who doesn't love it!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1051
Calories
29g
Protein
40g
Fat
138g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Water not in our table 0
Icing not in our table 0
Coffee not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 390ml sugar
  • 125g butter
  • 5 tbsp sifted cocoa
  • 4 extra-large eggs
  • 190ml milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 6 tbsp boiling water
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • ICING
  • 500g sifted icing sugar
  • 125g butter (room temperature)
  • extra milk or cream
  • 4 tbsp sifted cocoa
  • 2 tsp strong coffee, dissolved in about 1tbsp of boiling water

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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