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Ingredients [metric] - easy chocolate cake recipe

* 3/4 c butter, softened
* 1 2/3 c sugar
* 2 eggs
* 2 1/4 c flour
* 2/3 c cocoa (natural, not Dutch)
* 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
* 1/4 tsp baking powder
* 1/2 c water
* 1/2 c brewed coffee (reconstituted instant is fine)
* 1 tsp vanilla, for chocolate cake recipe

Directions - easy chocolate cake recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two nine-inch, three eight-inch, or one thirteen by nine inch pan.

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed to medium, and add eggs one at a time. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and baking powder. Combine water, coffee and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to low and stir in one third of the dry ingredients. When combined, add half the liquid, then half the remaining dry ingredients, the remaining liquid, and the remaining dry ingredients. (Alternately, you could just dump everthing into the mixer, starting on low speed for 30 seconds, and switching to high for 3 more minutes.)chocolate cake recipe

Pour into pans and bake: cupcakes, 15 minutes; round layers 25 to 35 minutes; rectangle, 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes on a rack, remove from pans and allow to finish cooling... Enjoy this easy chocolate cake recipe