Chocolate Craving Cake
Small in size but not in flavor!
Servings: 9 slices
Calories: 315kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (63g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (100g) whole milk
- ¼ cup (55g) vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup (118g) warm water, (can use coffee instead)
Frosting
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8x8-inch glass or ceramic baking dish with parchment paper and spray sides and bottom. If using a metal baking pan, heat oven to 325°F.
- Mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in the bowl of stand mixer.
- Add in egg, milk, oil, and vanilla and mix on low until incorporated. When mixed in increase speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes.
- Add in warm water and gently stir- batter will be very thin.
- Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick is removed with a few crumbs. There should not be wet batter, but a few crumbs is good.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then continue cooling on a rack until room temperature.
Frosting
- In a medium microwave-safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips in the microwave at 50% power in 30-second increments, stirring after each heating, until they are fully melted.
- Add the sour cream and vanilla and stir by hand until frosting is well combined and fluffier.
- Spread over cooled cake.
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Nutrition
Calories: 315kcal