Chocolate Cake
Making a chocolate cake from scratch really doesn't take much longer than using a store-bought cake mix. Give this homemade chocolate cake a try and I think you'll agree!
Ingredients:
- 1¾ cup flour
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons butter - softened
- 1¼ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13 pan.
- Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium size mixing bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar with an electric mixer, and then mix in the eggs and the vanilla.
- Next, gradually mix in the dry ingredients and the milk, alternating between the two. Once all the dry ingredients and milk have been added, beat with your electric mixer on high speed for a couple more minutes.
- Pour the batter into the greased 9x13 pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
- Let cool and frost as desired.