Super easy, moist and best triple chocolate cake recipe from scratch, homemade with simple ingredients! Loaded with cocoa powder and coffee. This is the ultimate one bowl cake and pairs perfectly with chocolate frosting.
If you have been looking for the perfect cake for your next party, I assure you that your search has come to an end! I have tried many recipes and always find myself coming back to my true and tested family recipe. The texture is perfectly soft and moist but not so soft that it falls apart. The chocolate flavor is very balanced. It's not too bitter and not too sweet and pairs well with many of these Frosting and Filling Recipes.
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This Ultimate Triple Chocolate Cake is the BEST!
- Simple ingredients
- Fluffy
- Moist
- Intense chocolate flavor
- Soft but stable texture
How To Make Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe From Scratch?
- Mix wet ingredients- This includes eggs, oil, milk, vanilla extract.
- Mix in dry ingredients- This includes flour, cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, baking soda
- Stir in coffee- Until batter is smooth and creamy.
- Fill cake pans- Lined with parchment paper and greased sides.
- Bake- Until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool cakes- Fully.
- Assemble- Place one cake on serving dish and spread icing on top. Place the other cake on top of the icing. Then, ice whole cake.
- Decorate top- With mini chocolate chips and sprinkles.
Variations for Moist Chocolate Cake
Birthday cake- Use the decorations from this Best Birthday Cake {Easy and Fun}, but the recipe below.
Use dark chocolate- The end result will be super rich but not as sweet.
Glazed cake- Top with a smooth glaze for an elegant finish. This Chocolate Ganache would be perfect.
Ganache cake- Use this Chocolate ganache frosting {2 ingredients} to ice the cake.
Chocolate cake decoration/design- Try any of the ideas from the following: Birthday Cake Ideas, Easy Cake Decorating Ideas, Russian Piping Tips Tutorial
Kit Kat cake- Use the recipe below and then, decorate it according to this Kit Kat Cake with Strawberries recipe.
Try other extracts- Such as coconut, caramel, cherry, almond for a unique flavor profile.
Try a different frostings- Such as Coconut Pecan Frosting or this Easy Mint Frosting.
Tips And Techniques for Best Homemade Chocolate Cake
What makes the cake moist and fluffy? Creaming the butter and sugar together creates air pockets. These expand while the cake is baking creating a fluffy cake. The moist cake is produced by the correct ratio of liquid to dry ingredients.
Why do you add boiling water to cake? Some recipes use boiling water or coffee to help develop and deepen the flavor of the cocoa powder.
Why is my cake dry and crumbly? This may be due to too much flour being added to the cake. Make sure to measure accurately in order to ensure a cake that is not dry and crumbly. It can also be that the cake was over baked, or baked at too high of a temperature. Over-baking the cake also evaporates a lot of moisture, resulting in a dry cake.
Why is my cake dense? This may be due to either too much sugar or other liquids being added. It is also possible that the cake was over-mixed which can make the cake dense, chewy and gummy.
Why did my cake deflate and sink in the middle? Too much baking powder and baking soda can cause a build-up of gas. This causes the center of the cake to rise too quickly before the rest of the cake finishes baking, then the center deflates and sinks. This can also happen if the oven was opened halfway during baking. It causes heat to escape, causing a dramatic drop in oven temperature and this can result in deflation.
Why add coffee in cake? It brings out the flavor of chocolate and makes it more intense!
How to keep chocolate from sticking to pan? Make sure to line the cake pans with parchment paper along the bottom and then grease the sides.
Can you add cocoa to cake mix? Yes, you can add unsweetened cocoa powder. Check out this post to learn all the ways to improve a boxed cake mix: How to Make Box Cake Better (Taste Homemade).
Storage
Refrigerate- In a sealed container for up to 3 days.
Freeze- The cake and frosting can be stored in sealed containers separately for up to 1 month. Thaw to room temperature and then assemble, as per instructions below.
More Easy Chocolate Desserts
- Chocolate Trifle
- Black Forest Cake (With Cake Mix)
- Depression Cake (Wacky Cake)
- Pretzel Cake
- Chocolate Crackers (Sweet and Salty)
Recipe
Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
- 2 Eggs Large
- ½ cup Oil
- 1 cup Milk Whole or 2%
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- ¾ cup Cocoa powder
- 2 cups Granulated sugar Granulated
- ¼ teaspoon Cinnamon powder Optional
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1.5 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 cup Strongly brewed coffee Or water, Hot
- 4-5 cups Chocolate buttercream icing
- 1 cup Chocolate chips Mini size, For decorating
- 1 tablespoon Sprinkles For decorating
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, oil, milk, vanilla extract and mix until smooth.
- Add flour, cocoa powder, sugar, cinnamon powder, salt, baking powder, baking soda and mix until partially combined.
- Stir in hot brewed coffee until batter is smooth and creamy. Batter will be very thin and that's normal.
- Pour batter in two round cake pans (Dimensions: 9x2) that are lined with parchment paper and greased along the sides.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 35 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool down fully.
- While they are cooling, prepare chocolate icing.
- Remove parchment paper from bottom of each cake.
- Place one cake on a cake stand and spread icing on top.
- Then, place the other cake on top of the icing and press gently to secure it together.
- Ice the whole cake.
- Use the back of a spoon or spatula to create a rustic design.
- Toss mini chocolate chips and sprinkles on top.
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- This recipe will either make 24 cupcakes or a two 9 inch round cakes.
Nutrition
An automated tool is used to calculate the nutritional information. As such, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information provided for any recipe on this site.
Food Jaunts
Those cupcakes look amazing! I've got it bookmarked - I've yet to find the perfect chocolate cake batter so I can't wait to give this a shot!
Abeer
@ Eve... "solo disappearing acts"...hahah. That's a nice way to put it.
@ John... i think i have no self-control when it comes to chocolate...*sighs*
@ Suzie...yes! it does look like sunshine we can all use a bit of sunshine during this dreary winter...right?
@ Medeja...Actually, it doesn't taste like brownies at all. Brownies are very fudgy and dense...these cakes and cupcakes are the exact opposite. Soft and moist, slightly airy. And i think they pair very well with buttercream or jam.
@ Beth... Thanks. Sometimes, simplicity is best.
Abeer
@ Food Jaunts...I can't wait to hear what you think when you try out this recipe. Maybe your search can finally come to an end
CCU
It is so not crazy because your cupcakes look so adictive, delicious and perfect is incredible
natalie
These cupcakes are so pretty, I love the bright frosting!
petit4chocolatier
I love the colours! That yellow pops sunny feelings! Looks so good.
I love the cake too! Over the top delicious. Your pictures are phenomenal!
Lisa H.
Oh such a cutie...
and beautifully photographed.
Yi
thanks for stopping by my blog so I could find yours. Your blog is absolutely lovely. Your cupcakes are way to pretty to be eaten. I can't wait to explore the site a bit more. Thanks for sharing!
charlie
I do love and admire your cooking skills. These cupcakes are just stunning and I just love the little sugar petals that have been scattered as a finishing touch. I'm surprised though that you can eat them - if I made something that looked this good, I'd want to admire my work for a very long time.
Bam
I am so glad you stopped by my website so that I could find yours. Amazing baked goods and so beautifully decorated. You need to come and set up a bakery in HK.
Daniela
Well I think we share a problem : I`m a chocoholic too.
The cupcakes look so inviting and the yellow vanilla butter cream icing makes just the perfect contrast with the chocolate. Very pretty.
Alyssa
Beautiful! Today I piped cupcake frosting for first time ever and while it was passable, it was nowhere as gorgeous as yours!
Abeer
@ Petit4chocolatier... Thanks for your sweet words. I am still working on improving my photographs so I am very flattered.
@ Lisa... thank you.
@ Yi... I am so happy to have found your blog too. i even tried your tofu tip for dinner today and it was a success...YAY!
@ Hotly spiced... hahaha. I don't have that much self control to make something pretty and just admire it. All I want to do is grab it and eat it.
@ Bam... I'm glad to have found you too! Setting up a bakery sounds like a fun idea. Who knows? Maybe some day....
@ Daniela... WOOHOO for chocoholics... I am no longer embarrassed coz it seems like I am not alone...lol
@ Alyssa... I think you are being too hard on yourself... I am sure your cupcakes were very pretty
Ella-HomeCookingAdventure
Ahh.. these are looking delicious love anything with chocolate.. I am a chocoholic too, it doesn't pass a day without serving some dark chocolate.. mmm I am craving for one as I am writing:))
Asmita
Gorgeous as always!!!
Abeer
@ Ella... Surprisingly, i am not too fond of dark chocolate but any other form of chocolate and i am all in! If you are a chocoholic, i am sure you would really like these cupcakes!
@ Asmita... Thanks hun