The Quintessential Chocolate Cake! Recipe

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The Quintessential Chocolate Cake!
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Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
600
Calories
Total time
55
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/3 cup milk

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 350 F.
  2. Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
  3. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
  4. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes.
  5. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
  6. Pour batter into prepared pans.
  7. Bake 30 to 35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  8. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks.
  9. Cool completely.
  10. (Cake may be left in rectangular pan, if desired.) Frost with One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting.
  11. To make One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting: Beat butter in medium bowl.
  12. Add confectioners' sugar and cocoa alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed).
  13. Stir in vanilla.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 599.58 Kcal (2510 kJ)
Calories from fat 150.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.74g 26%
Cholesterol 43.09mg 14%
Sodium 500.27mg 21%
Potassium 315.34mg 7%
Total Carbs 109.06g 36%
Sugars 88.95g 356%
Dietary Fiber 1.55g 6%
Protein 5.39g 11%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 103.9mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 317.76 Kcal (1330 kJ)
Calories from fat 79.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.87g 26%
Cholesterol 22.84mg 14%
Sodium 265.13mg 21%
Potassium 167.12mg 7%
Total Carbs 57.8g 36%
Sugars 47.14g 356%
Dietary Fiber 0.82g 6%
Protein 2.86g 11%
Iron 0.3mg 3%
Calcium 55.1mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.1
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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