Birthdays and cake just go together! I think it would be a sad celebration without one! When my girls asked me to make a cake for our family vacation and family celebration, I looked at lots of options, then landed on our long-time favorite – Triple Chocolate Cake. I think deciding which cake to make was harder than actually making it! First on the list was making sure I had all the ingredients on hand. That didn’t mean a run to the store because I am enjoying the blessing of occasionally having my Kroger grocery order delivered. I was able to get a rate for being a Kroger Boost member $35 for the year. That allows me to have groceries delivered the next day at no charge. For the most part it’s been wonderful. Why?
- It keeps me home.
- If I forget something, it allows me to add things to my order up to about two hours prior to my delivery time.
- For the most part, I’ve gotten everything I’ve ordered.
However, a happy accident happened when the Devil’s Food Cake Mix didn’t show up in my delivery. I was planning to make the cake layers for the Triple Chocolate Cake on that day. Since I didn’t want to undo the blessing of the delivery, I went looking for a cook chocolate cake recipe that I could make from scratch instead. The happy accident was that the recipe I baked made the Triple Chocolate cake recipe so much better that I’ll never use that box mix again!
Here’s the recipe I used…
Chocolate Cake
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup salted butter melted
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs room temperature
- ¾ cup natural cocoa powder
- 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup brewed strong coffee – If you don’t drink coffee, make instant coffee. This makes the chocolate taste even better.
- 1 cup whole milk
For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350° Grease and line a 9×13 metal baking pan with parchment paper and set aside. **See note below on baking in two 9×13 pans if you have them!
- In the bowl of a stand mixer combine the melted butter, granulated sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract and eggs. Mix on medium until combined.
- In a medium bowl sift cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. With the mixer on low, add half of the dry ingredients, then the milk. Add the rest of the dry ingredients and the coffee. Mix until fully incorporated.
- Pour into the prepared baking pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or until baked through. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes at room temperature before refrigerating until cold, about 1 hour or up to overnight.
I divided the batter and baked it in two 9×13 pans. This allowed me to easily put the filling between the layers. You can use two 9″ round pans, as well.
If you need a chocolate cake that is light and moist and comes together easily, this is your recipe! Yum!!
What cake would you order for your birthday?
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