Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Best Ever Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
390 cooks on www.spendwithpennies.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 52% | 101% |
| total sugar | 190% | 232% |
| egg | 48% | 48% |
| leavener | 7% | 4% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| liquid | 229% | 200% |
| dairy | 116% | 117% |
| chocolate | 30% | 67% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 210 g | 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 100 g | 2 eggs |
| 244 g | 1 cup milk |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup vegetable oil |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 237 g | 1 cup boiling water |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.spendwithpennies.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Followed ingredients and instructions exactly as written. Baked in a 9 x 13 pan for 40 min. When I took it out of the oven, the center of the cake was a giant crater. The middle of the cake didn't rise at all and was denser than the edges. Over all, it looked ” — a cook, 1.0★
“WOW! This is an incredibly rich, decadent and fudgey cake recipe. I made a few substitutions. I used plain greek yogurt and a little bit of olive oil in place of the veggie oil, a little less cocoa powder and a 1/4 cup less sugar. Topped with your one-minute c” — a cook, 5.0★