Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Unbelievable Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
363 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 45% | 101% |
| total sugar | 167% | 232% |
| egg | 42% | 48% |
| leavener | 5% | 4% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| liquid | 201% | 200% |
| dairy | 102% | 117% |
| chocolate | 35% | 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.
| 106 g | 1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour |
| 500 g | 2 1/2 cups sugar |
| 12 g | 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 5 g | 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder |
| 8 g | 1 1/4 teaspoons salt |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk |
| 296 g | 1 1/4 cups warm water |
| 306 g | 1 1/4 cups buttermilk |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is one cake I've eaten in my lifetime that earned its name, Unbelievably Delicious. I had no problem with over-rising using 9-inch pans. Heeding Mel's advice not to over bake, I left in the oven for only 30 minutes and that was plenty of time in my oven ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made Jumbo Cupcakes using this recipe. I halved the recipe and I made 8 Jumbo Cupcakes. We really love this chocolate cake recipe! I have made it several times and it is always so moist and delicious! I frosted them with Perfect Chocolate Buttercream Frostin” — a cook, 5.0★