{"id":41710,"date":"2023-10-10T07:55:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=41710"},"modified":"2023-10-10T07:55:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T11:55:12","slug":"classic-chocolate-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/10\/10\/classic-chocolate-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Chocolate Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>9<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/10\/10\/classic-chocolate-cake\/choccake-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChocCake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChocCake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChocCake.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChocCake.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChocCake.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ChocCake.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not the prettiest photo, but a damn good chocolate cake. Made with buttermilk, and coffee \u00a0and frosted with a melted semi-sweet chocolate and sour cream icing &#8211; it&#8217;s a winner! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 3\/4 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>2 cups granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup cocoa powder<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 cup buttermilk<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup vegetable oil<\/li>\n<li>2 large eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup hot coffee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Grease 2 &#8211; 8&#8243; pans and line with parchment paper &#8211; preheat oven to 350\u00ba.<\/li>\n<li>Sift flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt &#8211; set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, whisk the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flour in three batches, then add the coffee. The batter will be very thin.<\/li>\n<li>Divide among pans and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack for 20 minutes, then remove from pans.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Frosting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 sticks butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>3 cups confectioners sugar, sifted<\/li>\n<li>1 pinch salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup sour cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Melt chocolate in a double boiler or in 30 second increments in a microwave, stirring after each pass.<\/li>\n<li>Beat butter with a paddle attachment until smooth. Slowly add confectioners sugar, salt, and vanilla on medium speed until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>Whisk chocolate and sour cream and add to the bowl, mix until smooth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 Not the prettiest photo, but a damn good chocolate cake. Made with buttermilk, and coffee \u00a0and frosted with a melted semi-sweet chocolate and sour cream icing &#8211; it&#8217;s a winner!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[97,652,1179,655],"class_list":["post-41710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-baking","tag-cake","tag-chocolate","tag-frosting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-aQK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35388,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2020\/12\/01\/chocolate-cake-with-sour-cream-chocolate-frosting\/","url_meta":{"origin":41710,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate Cake with Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the cake I made for Joe's birthday - a light, moist chocolate cake. 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