This is my most favorite homemade chocolate cake. I just eat it without frosting it’s so good!
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 3- 9 inch round cake pans or I have used a bundt pan or one large 10 in x 15 in pan.
In a medium bowl, combine the boiling water with the cocoa, and whisk until smooth. Don’t be tempted to taste it. 😉 It looks and smells a lot better than it tastes at this point. Let this mixture cool, while you prepare the rest.
Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and set aside for now.
In a large bowl, (I use my kitchenaid) cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla.
Alternately add the flour mixture and the cocoa mixture. So I pour a bit of the cocoa mixture in, let it mix a bit then a bit of the flour mixture and let it mix a bit, and repeat until I’ve added all of the cocoa and flour mixtures.
Pour the batter into your prepared pan(s).
Bake in preheated oven.
3-9inch rounds for 25-30 minutes
10 in x 15 in pan for 50-60 minutes
I don’t remember how long the bundt pan took, but I tend to set the timer for the lower number and then just keep checking it until it’s done.
Allow the cake to cool in the pan before pulling it out. And then just dig in and eat it because it’s so GOOD! 😉