Classic Chocolate Cake Recipe | PEKIS Recipes

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour 250 g (2 cups)
• Granulated sugar 400 g (2 cups)
• Unsweetened cocoa powder 75 g (¾ cup)
• Baking powder 10 g (2 tsp)
• Baking soda 5 g (1 tsp)
• Salt 2 g (½ tsp)
• Eggs 2 (large)
• Whole milk 240 ml (1 cup)
• Vegetable oil 120 ml (½ cup)
• Vanilla extract 5 ml (1 tsp)
• Boiling water 240 ml (1 cup)
• Unsalted butter 170 g (¾ cup)
• Unsweetened cocoa powder 65 g (⅔ cup)
• Powdered sugar 300 g (2½ cups)
• Whole milk 60 ml (¼ cup), plus more as needed