How to Make a Moist Chocolate Cake

Moist chocolate cake is incredibly tasty and presentable to look at. It has an appealing look and serves as an ideal dessert recipe for all kinds of occasions. The moist chocolate cake is loved by all age groups and serves almost everyone’s palette. This dessert recipe is ideal for almost all occasions like birthday bash, baby showering, etc.

Making a moist chocolate cake is easy, and all you have to do is follow the recipe given below.

Recipe for moist chocolate cake

Ingredients:

• Two cups flour(260g
• Two cups sugar(414gm)
• ¾ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1tsp salt
• 1 cup of buttermilk (240ml)
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla
• 2tsp baking soda
• Two large eggs
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 cup buttermilk

Tips for making the chocolate frosting

• One ¼ cup shortening
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 4-5 tbsp water/milk
• One ¼ cups butter
• 1 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder(114gm)
• 9 cups powdered sugar(1035gm)

Chocolate Ganache 

• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 
• 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup | 169g)
• Sprinkles

Instructions:

• Make ready three eight-inch cake pans with parchment paper circles in the base and use oil to grease the sides. Preheat oven to 300°F (148°C).
• Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl and beat together.
• Add eggs, vegetable oil, and buttermilk to all the dry ingredients and blend well.
• Pour vanilla to the boiling water and add to mixture. Now mix well.
• Pour the batter equally and uniformly in all three cakes pan and bake till 30-33 minutes till the toothpick comes out uniformly with little crumbs.
• Take out the cakes from the oven and let it settle down and cool for nearly ten minutes and finally remove the cooling racks to cool completely.
• Now focus on making frosting while letting the cakes to cool. Now whip together butter and shortening until even.
• Now add 4 cups of powdered sugar and blend until smooth.
• Pour vanilla and half of water and mix until smooth.
• Add five cups of crushed sugar and blend until smooth.
• Add cocoa and blend until smooth.
• Pour remaining water and milk till the frosting becomes in the right consistency.
• Once the cakes are cool, take out the cake domes using a large serrated knife.
• Place the first layer of cake on the plate — layer about one cup of frosting on top of the cake.
• Add another layer of cake and top it uniformly with another layer of frosting.
• Top another layer of cake on top and frost the outer layer of the cake.
• Now it’s time to make the chocolate ganache. Hence put the chocolate chips on a medium-sized bowl.
• Now heat some heavy whipping cream till it comes to boil and pour chocolate chips on it. Let it settle for about 2-3 minutes and make a nice mixture by whipping it.
• Now mizzle the chocolate ganache on the edges of the cake and gently pour the remainder on the top and spread evenly. 
• Let the ganache to firm up and serve.

Conclusion:

Now when you have got a brief idea regarding what is a moist chocolate cake and how to make a moist chocolate cake, try out the recipe. No doubt, you will simply enjoy the amazing taste of a fabulous cake.