# Ultimate Chocolate Cake

This recipe will teach you how to make a delicious and moist chocolate cake.

- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 g cake flour
- 300 g sugar
- 10 g salt
- 10 g glycerol monostearate
- 15 g baking powder
- 5 g baking soda
- 100 g cocoa powder
- 240 ml buttermilk
- 120 ml canola oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 120 ml water
- 340 g butter
- 680 g powdered sugar
- 60 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 60 ml milk
- 100 g water
- 200 g sugar
- 60 ml booze

## Instructions

1. Prepare the cake pans by cutting parchment paper circles and placing them at the bottom of the pans
2. Preheat the oven to 300°F/150°C
3. In a bowl, sift together cake flour, sugar, salt, glycerol monostearate, baking powder, baking soda, and cocoa powder
4. In a stand mixer, mix buttermilk, canola oil, eggs, and vanilla on low speed
5. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined
6. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil
7. Pour the boiling water into the batter slowly while mixing
8. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans and bake for approximately 40 minutes
9. Make the frosting by mixing butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, salt, vanilla and milk in a stand mixer until stiff
10. Make a syrup by boiling water and sugar, then chill and add your favorite booze
11. Once the cakes are baked, let them cool before removing them from the pans
12. Brush each cake layer with syrup
13. Assemble the cake by layering the cake layers with frosting in between. Apply frosting to the top and sides of the cake as well

## Equipment

- three 9" springform pans
- parchment paper
- kitchen scale
- whisk
- stand mixer
- saucepan
- pastry bag
- cake turntable

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyPMRaA_U2k
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b5605a0e-c02a-4a98-b9b4-6da4af721925
- Extracted: 2025-03-24

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