Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
99 cooks on www.onceuponachef.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 164% | 101% |
| total sugar | 271% | 232% |
| egg | 42% | 48% |
| leavener | 5% | 4% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| liquid | 194% | 200% |
| dairy | 96% | 117% |
| chocolate | 148% | 67% |
| vegetables and beans | 48% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour, (spooned into measuring cup and leveled-off) |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 85 g | 1 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder, (such as Hershey’s) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 8 g | 2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs, (lightly beaten) |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup vegetable oil |
| 230 g | 1 cup sour cream |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 237 g | 1 cup boiling water |
| 227 g | 8 ounces semi-sweet or milk chocolate, (broken into small pieces (see note)) |
| 284 g | 20 tablespoons (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened but still cool |
| 250 g | 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar |
| 42 g | 1/2 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder, (such as Hershey’s) |
| 1 g | 1/8 teaspoon salt |
| 116 g | 3/4 cup light corn syrup |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.onceuponachef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Thank you for your reply! I put the dried lavendar buds in a grinder and replaced 2.5T of sugar with the ground lavendar. It came out great - you could taste it without it being overpowering. I also put a thin layer of blackberry preserves between the cake ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Hi Jenn, I love this cake! It's truly the best chocolate cake. Made many times and it is always a big hit. Tomorrow is my 75th birthday and I am making it for my special birthday dinner. One question .. I am presently in Barbados and sour cream is not ” — a cook, 5.0★