Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes

This is the best chocolate cake and cupcakes recipe! They are quick and easy easy to make! Very soft and moist and perfect for birthday parties.

Since I have received a few requests for my chocolate cake and cupcakes recipe, I am going to devote this post to just that.

If you have been looking for the perfect chocolate cake recipe, I assure you your search has come to an end! I have tried many recipes and always find myself coming back to my true and tested recipe.

Some of the recipes I tried online were not that bad but some were are SO BAD that I don’t even have the right words to describe them.

The recipe I am sharing today belongs to my mom and I swear it NEVER fails.

It’s SUPER MOIST with a very nice chocolate flavor that’s not too over-whelming, nor too subtle.

It’s also NOT excessively sweet and pairs well with many of my frosting and filling recipes.

By the way, my sister told me if they ever make a rehab facility for “chocoholics”, she would send me there …hahah.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that such a place NEVER opens…lol.

I don’t think I would last too long there since I swear ate like 6 of these cupcakes in one sitting yesterday…lol.

Best of all, this recipe is so VERSATILE that you can use it to make CAKES as well as CUPCAKES!

Only the baking time is different.

I just dusted some powdered sugar on top of this cake and tossed some sprinkles to give it a pop of color.

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4.6 from 5 votes

Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

55 mins

 

This is the best chocolate cake and cupcakes recipe! They are quick and easy easy to make! Very soft and moist and perfect for birthday parties.

Servings: 9 Slices

Course: Cake, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Calories: 665 kcal

Author: CakeWhiz

Ingredients

• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• 2¼ cups Sugar Granulated
• ½ cup Cocoa powder
• ½ cup Oil
• 2 Eggs Large
• 1 cup Milk Whole
• 1 cup Water
• 2 tbsp Vanilla extract
• 1 pinch Cinnamon powder
• 1 pinch Salt
• 1½ tsp Baking powder
• 1½ tsp Baking soda
• 2 cups Buttercream icing

Instructions

1. In a deep bowl, add flour, cocoa powder, sugar, oil, vanilla extract, eggs, milk, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, baking soda and mix everything.
2. Add hot water. I usually microwave it in the microwave for 2 minutes.
3. Mix everything until the batter is well-blended. The batter will be very “liquidy.”
4. Pour this batter into a greased/floured pan (Dimensions: 8×3). Only fill your pan halfway and use the remaining batter for some cupcakes or another mini cake if you like. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
5. If you are making cupcakes, pour this batter into cupcake liners and fill them three quarters of the way. You can easily get 24 cupcakes with this recipe.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 17-20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. DO NOT bake both the trays at once. Bake one tray of cupcakes and then bake another. Whenever I bake both the trays together, the cupcakes don’t get fully baked.

7. Frost the chocolate cakes and cupcakes with icing and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

• Pour your batter into a pitcher and use that to pour batter into individual cupcake liners. I find this easier and not as messy as spooning individually.
• This recipe will either make 24 cupcakes or a single 8×3 round cake.

Nutrition Facts

Chocolate Cake and Cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 665 Calories from Fat 207

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 23g 35%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Cholesterol 39mg 13%

Sodium 336mg 14%

Potassium 257mg 7%

Total Carbohydrates 110g 37%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 83g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 1.9%

Calcium 8.4%

Iron 12.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

If you liked this recipe, you may also like some of these other chocolate recipes:

Vegan chocolate cupcakes

Chocolate popcorn cake

Fat free chocolate cake

Until next time, tata my lovelies!