Chocolate is my favorite flavor, of anything! I love double chocolate cookies, chocolate covered strawberries, hot chocolate, I could go on. I especially like chocolate cake. I have not tried this recipe yet, but I am excited to see how it turns out! I found a recipe from Taste of Home https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/classic-chocolate-cake/ and it looked very yummy. I want to put my own spin on it and add my mom’s homemade cream cheese frosting.
The cake recipe is as follows:
⅔ cups of softened butter
1 and ⅔ cups of sugar
3 eggs
2 cups of all-purpose flour
⅔ cup baking cocoa
1 and ¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon of salt
1 and ⅓ cups of milk
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Step 2: In one bowl, add the sugar and butter, and mix until fluffy
Step 3: Add eggs 1 at a time
Step 4: In a separate bowl, add all of the dry ingredients; flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Once that is mixed together, add to the wet mixture. Add milk and mix everything together.
Step 5: Put mixture into greased and floured pan
Step 6: Put pan into oven and cook for about 35-40 minutes
Step 7: Frosting time! Add 2 bars of cream cheese to a bowl. Add about 2 cups of confectioners sugar to the bowl and blend (preferably with an electric mixer). Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Continue adding sugar until the mixture is smooth and consistent. Add sugar as you please, it is more of a taste thing for me. I like the cream cheese flavor so I usually add less sugar.
Step 8: Take cake out of the oven and let cool. Once the cake is cool enough, you can add your frosting!
The recipe came out pretty well. I advise using full fat cream cheese for the frosting to get the right consistency. I also think it takes a bit longer than 35-40 minutes to bake, but it depends on the oven. Overall, I think this recipe went well and it tasted very yummy!
Enjoy!!!
