No really, this is the best chocolate cake I've ever had (homemade). The only cake the prevails over this one is Magleby's chocolate cake. But this is so similar and almost tastes exactly like it. It's great. The only difference is the frosting. I haven't quite been able to find a recipe that's as good as Magleby's. If anyone has a great chocolate frosting, please pass it on! And I promise you that you'll never want to buy a box chocolate cake ever again (yuck). This is dense, moist, chocolaty, and everything chocolate cake should be.
Chocolate Cake
Recipe slightly adapted from
My Girl's Kitchen: Tim's Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup (melted) salted butter
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
3 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of an electric mixer combine your dry ingredients, sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda/powder, and salt. Next add in your melted butter, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract. Once that is all incorporated, slowly add the cup of boiling water. Your mixture will be runny, don't worry, this is how it suppose to look
Butter and flour a 9 x 13 pan. Carefully pour your cake batter and bake for 25-30 min. Once your cake is done, place on top of cooling rack and let it cool completely. Refrigerate for a few hours if you can and then frost to your heart's desire.
*Side note: I enjoy this cake so much better the 2nd day. It's great the same day you bake it, but for some reason it tastes even better when you have it for breakfast the next day :)
For the best frosting in the world, use this recipe here
