Description
The greatest chocolate cake you’ll ever eat – rich, moist chocolate cake with a decadent dark chocolate frosting!
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2–1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 (3.9 ounce) package chocolate instant pudding mix
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup canola oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup hot coffee
Frosting:
- 1 cup dark chocolate morsels, melted and slightly cooled
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup dark cocoa
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 3–4 tablespoons whole milk
- chocolate sprinkles, for garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350°F. Spray three (8-inch) round cake pans with non-stick cooking spray and line the bottom of each pan with a circle of parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, pudding mix, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, oil, buttermilk, egg and vanilla.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until thick and just combined. Stir in the hot coffee until smooth and well combined.
- Divide batter among prepared pans, filling each pan about 1/4 full.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean. Let cakes cool on wire racks for 15 minutes before inverting them onto the wire racks to cool completely.
- While the cakes are cooling, prepare the frosting. In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the dark chocolate morsels until just melted, about 1 minute, stirring after 30 seconds. Set aside to slightly cool.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the butter until smooth. In a large bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and cocoa. Whisk the powdered sugar mixture into the butter, one cup at a time, until frosting is thick and chunky. Add the melted chocolate and whisk until just combined. Add the milk, one tablespoon at a time, until frosting is of spreading consistency. Beat frosting on high speed for 2 minutes until thick and creamy.
- Place one cake layer, topside down, on a cake stand or platter. Spread just the top of the cake with a thick layer of frosting. Place another cake layer, topside down, on top of the frosted layer. Spread with a thick layer of frosting. Place the remaining cake layer, topside up, on top of the second frosted layer. Spread with the remaining frosting and sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles.