Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Strawberry Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from www.twopeasandtheirpod.com
113 cooks on www.twopeasandtheirpod.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 160% | 101% |
| total sugar | 381% | 232% |
| egg | 48% | 48% |
| leavener | 6% | 4% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| liquid | 314% | 200% |
| dairy | 201% | 117% |
| chocolate | 172% | 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.
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 210 g | 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
| 7 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs (at room temperature) |
| 244 g | 1 cup whole milk |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup vegetable oil |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 237 g | 1 cup boiling water |
| 227 g | 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature) |
| 400 g | 2 cups powdered sugar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 170 g | 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (melted and cooled to room temperature) |
| 128 g | 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate |
| 178 g | 3/4 cup heavy cream |
| 680 g | 24 ounces strawberries |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.twopeasandtheirpod.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I have made this cake twice (#3 tonight) and it is DELICIOUS. Making it today just because it sounds good! only thing I did differently was I chopped the strawberries up and used them along with the gel for strawberry shortcake in the center and then frosted i” — a cook, 5.0★
“Made in the U.K., so had to convert all the cup measurements, but it worked beautifully was absolutely delicious! I made it as one cake and cut in half (as I didn’t have two nine inch tins). I increased the cooking time by about 15 mins. Super gooey with a ” — a cook, 5.0★