My Favorite Chocolate Cake Recipe | Epicurious

My Favorite Chocolate Cake Recipe | Epicurious

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Chocolate cake absolutely has to be two things: dark and moist. To make sure it is sticky and dense I use buttermilk. Adding coffee to chocolate cakes really brings out the flavor in the cocoa.

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Ingredients

  • Butter, for greasing
  • 125g (1 cup) plain flour
  • 225g (about 1 cup) superfine sugar
  • 50g (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 125ml (1/2 cup) buttermilk (cultured), or 110ml (1/2 cup) milk plus 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 60g (4 1/4 tbsp) butter, melted
  • 1 egg
  • 125ml (1/2 cup) coffee (or water)
  • A 20cm (8-inch) tin

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