Devils Food Cake
A classic rich chocolate cake recipe perfect for layer cakes, birthday cakes, cupcake or even loaf cakes.
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 2 1/3 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 cup of natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup of salted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups of granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup of brown sugar, packed
- 3 large eggs
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup of a neutral oil (olive, vegetable or canola oil)
- 1 cup of sour cream
- 1 cup of freshly brewed coffee, hot
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Grease and line your baking pans or cupcake tins and set aside for now
- Combine 1/2 cup of room temperature salted butter with 2 cups of granulated sugar, 1/3 cup of brown sugar, 3 large eggs, 1 large egg yolk and 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract in a large bowl and use an electric hand mixer to beat until fully combined
- Add 1/3 cup of a neutral oil and 1 cup of sour cream and mix until fully incorporated
- Sift in 2 and 1/3 cups of all purpose flour, 1 cup of natural unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda, 1 teaspoon of baking powder and 3/4 teaspoon of salt and mix until mostly incorporated
- Add a cup of hot coffee and mix until everything is just combined
- Transfer the cake batter into your prepared pans
- Baking times: 24-26 minutes for two 9” pans, 20-22 minutes for three 8” pans, 16-18 minutes for standard cupcakes
- When a toothpick will come out of the center of the cake clean, the cake is ready to transfer out of the oven to cool
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting