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Little Girl's Chocolate Birthday Cake with Buttercream Frosting
The chocolate cake we made is our family favorite now because it bakes out really chocolately and really moist inside, and, with a light, sweet, fluffy, really intensely buttery buttercream, it's just what a chocolate birthday cake should be.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
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- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup peanut oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350F.
- 2
Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
- 3
Add milk, oil, eggs, vanilla extract in and mix.
- 4
Add boiling water and beat at high speed for a minute to aerate the batter.
- 5
Butter and flour your cake pans. Pour batter in and smooth out. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a sharp knife inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- 6
Let cool completely before frosting.