Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Mexican Hot Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from preppykitchen.com
It ranks #3 of 76 for crumb tenderness among the chocolate cake recipes we compared. 28 cooks on preppykitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 297% | 101% |
| total sugar | 400% | 232% |
| egg | 42% | 48% |
| leavener | 5% | 4% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| liquid | 100% | 200% |
| dairy | 100% | 117% |
| chocolate | 124% | 67% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 360 g | 3 cup all-purpose flour |
| 533 g | 2 2/3 cup granulated sugar |
| 42 g | 1/2 cup cocoa powder |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 tsp baking powder |
| 14 g | 1 tbs baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 tsp kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp cayenne |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp cinnamon |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup sour cream |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs |
| 356 g | 1 1/2 cup strong hot coffee (Use a Moka pot so it's basically espresso) |
| 164 g | 3/4 cup vegetable oil |
| 13 g | 1 tbs vanilla extract |
| 255 g | 1 1/2 cup white chocolate |
| 567 g | 1 1/4 pounds browned butter |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon cayenne |
| 1/3 cup fudge | |
| 567 g | 1 1/4 pound confectioners sugar |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon salt |
| 7 g | 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup cocoa powder |
| 85 g | 1/2 cup melted and cooled semi sweet chocolate |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste |
| 4 g | 1/4 cayenne pepper |
| 339 g | 3 sticks butter |
| 340 g | 3/4 pound confectioners sugar |
Method: 27 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I absolutely love the middle tier on this cake! Well done.” — a cook, 5.0★
“This cake is beautiful! Very unique!” — a cook, 5.0★