Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Coffee Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
It ranks #74 of 76 for rise among the chocolate cake recipes we compared. 15 cooks on thestayathomechef.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 | 221% | 101% |
| total sugar | 667% | 232% |
| egg | 48% | 48% |
| leavener | 6% | 4% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| liquid | 288% | 200% |
| dairy | 288% | 117% |
| chocolate | 212% | 67% |
| 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.
| 210 g | 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk |
| 237 g | 1 cup strong black coffee (Room temperature and NOT boiling hot) |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup vegetable oil |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 340 g | 1 1/2 cups butter (Unsalted, Room temperature) |
| 85 g | 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 13 g | 1 tbsp vanilla extract |
| 1000 g | 5 cups powdered sugar |
| 122 g | 1/2 cup whole milk |
| 170 g | 1 cup chocolate chips |
| 238 g | 1 cup heavy cream |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon espresso powder |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon butter |
| 128 g | 3/4 cup chocolate chips (Various flavors) |
Method: 23 steps, published by thestayathomechef.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“The cake was so good my family loved it I loved it it was just so heavenly like you said. I could taste the coffee. It wasn't too sweet or it wasn't too bitter too either just the right amount of sugar and coffee mixed together. I did this for my dad's birt” — a cook, 5.0★
“I love this cake... I put this in my family recipe book. I instead of buttermilk I put half a cup of plain yogurt and half a cup of whole milk... This cake came out perfectly. It took a little longer because I live at a higher elevation so I just kept checking” — a cook, 5.0★