Taste of Home
Best-Ever Chocolate Cake
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling
YIELD: 15 servings.
You can't miss with this delightful old-fashioned dessert. It's truly the best ever chocolate cake! It is moist and chocolaty, and its light, fluffy frosting stirs up in a jiffy. Use vanilla pudding instead of chocolate in the frosting if you wish.
-Catherine Dawe, Kent, Ohio
Ingredients
-
3 cups all-purpose flour
-
2 cups sugar
-
6 tablespoons baking cocoa
-
2 teaspoons baking soda
-
1 teaspoon salt
-
2 cups water
-
2/3 cup vegetable oil
-
2 teaspoons vinegar
-
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
-
FLUFFY CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
-
1 cup cold whole milk
-
1 package (3.9 ounces) instant chocolate pudding mix
-
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
Directions
-
1.
In a bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Add the water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Beat on low speed for 1 minute. Beat on medium for 1 minute.
-
2.
Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
-
3.
For frosting, in a bowl, beat the milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Beat in whipped topping. Spread over cake. Refrigerate leftovers.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 365 calories, 13g fat (4g saturated fat), 2mg cholesterol, 443mg sodium, 58g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.
© 2024 RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC