Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Strawberry Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 257% | 101% |
| total sugar | 542% | 232% |
| egg | 42% | 48% |
| leavener | 2% | 4% |
| salt | 3% | 2% |
| liquid | 62% | 200% |
| dairy | 62% | 117% |
| chocolate | 50% | 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.
| 164 g | 3/4 cup vegetable oil |
| 296 g | 1 1/4 cup warm coffee |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs |
| 10 g | 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 240 g | 2 cups all-purpose flour |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, (not Dutch process) |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| 3 g | 3/4 teaspoon baking powder |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 454 g | 2 cups unsalted butter, (room temperature) |
| 1000 g | 5 cups powdered sugar |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 69 g | 1/4-1/3 cup heavy cream, (as needed) |
| 1/3 cup freeze-dried strawberries, (blended to powder before measuring) | |
| fresh strawberries, (sliced) | |
| Fresh strawberries (whole) | |
| Candy coating chocolate (both white and dark chocolate) | |
| 57 g | 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips |
| 79 g | 1/3 cup heavy cream |
Method: 15 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.