# Chocolate Cake Recipe

An easy chocolate cake recipe that doesn't require a mixer and can be used for cakes or cupcakes.

- Total time: 22 min
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup hot coffee
- 0.75 cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 0.5 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla

## Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. Add hot coffee to a liquid measuring cup.
3. Add cocoa powder to the hot coffee.
4. Mix the hot coffee and cocoa powder together until all chunks are gone and the mixture is thin.
5. Set the cocoa mixture aside.
6. In a separate bowl, add flour.
7. Add sugar to the flour.
8. Add salt to the dry ingredients.
9. Add baking powder to the dry ingredients.
10. Add baking soda to the dry ingredients.
11. Whisk the dry ingredients together until well combined.
12. In another bowl, add eggs.
13. Add oil to the eggs.
14. Add buttermilk to the wet ingredients.
15. Add vanilla to the wet ingredients.
16. Whisk the wet ingredients until well mixed.
17. Pour the coffee cocoa mix into the wet ingredients.
18. Mix the coffee cocoa mix with the wet ingredients until combined.
19. Pour the wet ingredients mixture into the dry ingredients.
20. Use a spatula to scrape all the wet mixture from the sides of the liquid measure into the dry ingredients.
21. Carefully mix the wet and dry ingredients together until a smooth batter is formed.
22. Place cupcake liners into a muffin tin.
23. Use an ice cream scoop to fill each cupcake liner about three-quarters full with batter.
24. Place the muffin tin into the preheated oven.
25. Bake for 21 minutes for cupcakes (or 22 minutes as stated in the text overlay).
26. Remove the baked cupcakes from the oven.

## Equipment

- liquid measuring cup
- whisk
- spatula
- muffin tin
- cupcake liners
- ice cream scoop

## Tips

- Blooming cocoa powder with hot coffee enhances the chocolate flavor.
- The recipe can be made with either regular or gluten-free flour, noting gluten-free flour may result in a thicker batter.
- You can measure vanilla with your heart, or even double it.
- This recipe can be used for regular cake layers or cupcakes.

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSSvko78E/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/841994db-6912-4694-88cd-5a1f69a1561a
- Extracted: 2025-08-12

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