The World's BEST Chocolate Cake Recipe
If you would rather bake cupcakes, this chocolate cake recipe adapts easily - just use a cupcake pan with your favorite cupcake liners, then decorate each one to create miniature chocolate masterpieces.
This heavenly chocolate cake recipe was given to me by my mother-in-law when she was 90 years young. She got it from her sister-in-law Hattie.
This chocolate cake recipe been tested in many kitchens and countless tummies, by thousands of chocolate cake lovers.
Does this chocolate cake make me look fat? I don't care, I love Hattie's Chocolate Cake! It does your heart good to eat a bit of dark chocolate!
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Millie Celebrates Her 90th Birthday
The lady behind the recipe for Yummiest Chocolate Cake Ever
Millie Rohrbach Hoch was my mother in law. She shared her favorite family recipe for chocolate cake with me a few years before she passed away. It's named after her sister in law Hattie, who shared the recipe with Millie when they were young homemakers in the 1930s.Here's a photo of Millie blowing out the candles on her birthday cake at her 90th birthday dinner.
The Top Five Reasons Hattie's Chocolate Cake is the Yummiest
- Rich and moist, dark chocolately goodness
- Home made from only the best ingredients and rich, dark cocoa
- Gets better every day - richer and moister chocolate flavor
- Great for your Heart - lots of dark cocoa!
- Tastes like the chocolate cake Grandma used to make
Chocolate Likes Cool Temps
Keep chocolate in a cool, dark place (unless it never makes it to storage). High temperatures will cause it to "bloom" and change texture.
Ingredients for Hattie's Chocolate Cake
1/2 C. butter, softened1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
3/4 C. baking cocoa
2 C. flour
pinch of salt
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 C. milk
1 C. strong coffee, cooled
1 tsp. vanilla
Fine Cocoa Powder
Finest chocolate makes perfect chocolate cake
Chocolate Cake Instructions
How to Mix and Bake a Perfect Chocolate Cake
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy; beat in eggs 1 at a time.
Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk, beat gently until combined.
Add coffee and vanilla and stir until well blended.
Bake in 2 greased and floured cake pans at 350 degrees F until cake tests done with a toothpick in the center (start testing after about 20 minutes baking time).
Cool and remove layers from pans. Complete cooling on cake racks.
Fudgey Dark Chocolate Icing
Deep dark brown chocolate, moist and delicious frosting
1 box (2 C.) confectioner's sugar
2 Tbl. Cocoa (+/- to suit your chocolate desire)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. milk
Melt butter in saucepan; remove from heat and stir in sugar and cocoa, then vanilla and milk.
Stir until glossy and thick. Cool slightly and spread on cake.
Variations on Chocolate Cake
It's hard to improve on a perfect chocolate cake ... unless you add whipped cream
1. Substitute butter cream frosting for chocolate icing, and decorate cake top with chocolate curls or sprinkles.2. Split layers into two thinner layers each after cake is thoroughly cooled. Spread sweetened whipped cream filling between all the layers, then frost sides and top with butter cream frosting or chocolate icing.
3. If using whipped cream filling, add 1 tsp mint extract while whipping. Chocolate mint delight - yum.
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You Can Never Have Too Much Delicious Dark CHOCOLATE"
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- glowchick glowchick Jun 2, 2009 @ 8:39 pm
- YUM!!! I will definately try this recipe. great Lens 5* and favortied
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- Nochipra Nochipra Apr 25, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
- Yumo! Looks totally Delish!!! I'll have to try it some time. Adding to favorites:)
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- sandyspider sandyspider Mar 28, 2009 @ 11:52 pm
- Looks yummy. Mind if I add it to my blog Recipes for All? I will have to try it.
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- sandyspider sandyspider Mar 28, 2009 @ 11:50 pm
- Looks yummy. Mind if I add it to my blog Recipes for All? I will have to try it.
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- Jewelsofawe Jewelsofawe Mar 28, 2009 @ 2:48 pm
- My favorite flavor of cake!
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- debnet debnet Mar 28, 2009 @ 2:45 pm
- Oh this sounds just great!! can't wait to try it :)
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- WendyKrick WendyKrick Mar 28, 2009 @ 9:38 am
- I love chocolate cake. Yummy!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Mar 28, 2009 @ 8:11 am
- Good for your heart! Absolutely!
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- jfield jfield Feb 12, 2009 @ 3:00 pm
- This sounds great! The only thing I would do differently is to change "pinch of salt" to "very heavy pinch of salt" or about 3/4 teaspoon. Chocolate and salt are friends, because salt can counteract some of the bitter edge that cocoa powder can have:D I am a huge fan of chocolate AND salt!
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- MrMarmalade MrMarmalade Nov 23, 2008 @ 12:44 am
- It looks so regal I have decided to make one just to get the Taste.
Here I thought I was a reformed Chocoholic. Given you %plus Stars*****
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Oct 28, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
- Your note about my 24K lens cracked me up. It is even funnier when someone ELSE thinks up a pun that you missed!
This lens looks delicious, too. I will lensroll you right back to my Carrot Cake one. I'll have to create a section like you have below for my favorite cake lenses!
Oh, yes. Great job on this YUMMY lens!
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- inkserotica inkserotica Aug 26, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
- Mmmm, sounds absolutely delicious! Thanks, btw, for joining The Ever Project Group! :)
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- inkserotica inkserotica Aug 26, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
- Mmmm, sounds absolutely delicious! Thanks, btw, for joining The Ever Project Group! :)
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- Pastiche Pastiche Jul 15, 2008 @ 11:44 am
- The chocolate gene has passed to a new generation. My daughter loves chocolate as much as I do, and her son has the craving - Oreo cookies are his choco-choice at 18 months.
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- maggie1 maggie1 May 14, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
- Oh my! What a fantastic sounding chocolate cake! I agree that the longer it sits, the more moist it will get. But who is going to let it just SIT there? LOL.
For your readers that are intimidated by baking, I have a blog about Easy To Make Dessert Recipes - and of course, there is always chocolate included!!
Maggie
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