Equipment
- Measuring Scale
- Measuring spoons
- Mixing bowl
- Fork or Whisk
- Cake Pans
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- 240 g Plain Flour (All purpose flour)
- 360 g Caster or Granulated sugar
- 60 g Unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons Baking soda
- 1.5 teaspoons Baking powder
- ¾ cup Vegetable or Sunflower oil
- 3 Eggs
- ½ cup Buttermilk
- ½ cup Boiling hot Water
Instructions
- Measure out the ingredients. Preheat the oven.
- Lightly grease the cake pans with butter and line with baking paper. Set aside.Sift the flour into a bowl then add baking soda, baking powder, and sugar. Mix well and set aside.
- In another bowl (mixing bowl), add the eggs, milk, and oil then whisk.
- Add in the flour mixture and stir till it forms batter then add the boiling hot water and mix till batter is smooth.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared cake pans and put them in the oven. Bake at a temperature of 170C for 35 minutes or till skewer when inserted, comes out clean.
- Bring the cakes out of the oven and leave them in the cake pans for 5 minutes before turning onto a cooling rack. Remove the baking paper and leave the cakes to cool completely.
- You can then serve or fill and cover with chocolate buttercream frosting or any frosting of your choice.
Notes
- Bring the butter to room temperature before using.
- Bake the cake in the middle of the oven by putting the cake pans on the middle rack. This ensures even heat distribution to make your cake cook perfectly.
- Before putting frosting and decorating, let the cake cool completely.
- Add chocolate chips for extra chocolatey goodness.
- To make it gluten-free, replace the flour with gluten-free flour.
- You can replace the oil with melted butter.
- To avoid cake sinking in the middle, do not open the oven in the first 25 minutes while the cakes are baking as this will cause loss of heat.
Nutrition
Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 263mg | Potassium: 126mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 76IU | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 2mg