Chocolate Lovers Cake

 

So, it’s true. I love chocolate. Any kind of chocolate….white, milk, dark, name it I love chocolate.  And yesterday I needed it so I baked a cake.  Not just any cake...just a small one that turned out to be the most decadent, rich chocolate cake I have ever made!  So then I needed to make a chocolate frosting that matched and Voila!  It happened!  This is the best chocolate cake I have ever made!

Chocolate Lovers Cake

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 large egg

1/2 cup whole milk

1/4 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup warm water (use fresh made coffee, even better)

Frosting

1 cup milk chocolate chips

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 8 x 8-inch glass or ceramic baking dish with parchment paper and spray sides and bottom. If using a metal baking pan, heat oven to only 325 degrees.

 

 

Mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl or the bowl of stand mixer.

 

Add in egg, milk, oil, and vanilla and mix on low until blended. Then increase speed to medium and mix for 2 full minutes. Add in ½ cup of warm water or freshly made coffee and gently stir. The batter will be very thin.  You will not taste the coffee if you choose to use it. I will only intensify the chocolate flavor.  Again, your batter will be thin.

 

 

Pour batter into prepared dish. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until a skewer or toothpick comes out clean.  Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then continue cooling on a rack until it’s at room temperature.

 

 

While cake is cooling make the frosting.  In a medium microwave-safe bowl, heat the chocolate chips in the microwave at 50% power in 30-second increments, stirring after each heating, until they are fully melted.

 

Add the sour cream and vanilla and stir by hand until frosting is well combined and fluffier.  Spread over cooled cake.