Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from www.momontimeout.com
It ranks #1 of 76 for moistness among the chocolate cake recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.momontimeout.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 | 136% | 101% |
| total sugar | 56% | 232% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 20156% | 0% |
| egg | 7% | 48% |
| leavener | 2% | 4% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
| liquid | 361% | 200% |
| dairy | 16% | 117% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks, cubed) |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 177 g | 3/4 cup water (or coffee) |
| 240 g | 2 cups all purpose flour |
| 3 g | 3/4 teaspoon baking powder |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon sea salt |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs (room temperature) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 3 g | 1/2 to 1 teaspoon peppermint extract (optional but recommended) |
| 153 g | 2/3 cup sour cream (full fat (or Greek yogurt)) |
| 85 g | 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (or mini chocolate chips) |
| 1/2 cup mini marshmallows | |
| 75 g | 1/2 cup peppermint candies (crushed (candy canes work great)) |
| 170 g | 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips |
| 159 g | 2/3 cup heavy cream |
| mini marshmallows | |
| crushed candy canes (or peppermint candies) | |
| mini chocolate chips |
Method: 16 steps, published by www.momontimeout.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.