Black Magic Cake
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- 3 Hr.
- Bake:
- 39 Min.
- Prep:
- 15 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Beginner
- Yields:
- 1 cake
Skip the boxed cake mix and make this beginner-friendly chocolate cake! This black magic cake recipe will have your friends wanting seconds. Flavored by rich HERSHEY'S Cocoa and kept moist with the addition of vegetable oil and buttermilk, the Black Magic Cake has a secret ingredient: coffee! Coffee boosts the flavor of chocolate, and you can use freshly brewed coffee or instant coffee, whichever you have on hand. Customize this chocolate cake with different pans and flavors of icing, like buttercream or vanilla bean. Love the addition of coffee in this cake? Try the Espresso-Filled Mini Cakes for another flavorful treat.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 15 minutes
- Bake Time
- 39 minutes
- Cool Time
- 2 hours
Ingredients
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2 cupssugar
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1-3/4 cupsall-purpose flour
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3/4 cup
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2 tspsbaking soda
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1 tspbaking powder
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1 tspsalt
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2eggs
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1 cupbuttermilk or sour milk*
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1 cupCoffee strong black or 2 teaspoons powdered instant coffee plus 1 cup boiling water
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1/2 cupvegetable oil
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1 tspvanilla extract
Add a Garnish
Make our Quick Cocoa Glaze to complete this recipe as shown in the image.
Step-By-Step Directions
oven
mixing bowl
mixer
baking pan
measuring cups
wire rack
rubber scraper
fluted tube pan
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan, two 9-inch round baking pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes (Batter will be thin). Pour batter evenly into prepared pan.
Bake 50 to 55 minutes for fluted tube pan, 30 to 35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Loosen cake from side of pan and remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost as desired.
To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 slice(87g)Amount per servingCalories260% Daily Value*Total Fat 11g 14%Saturated Fat 1.5g 8%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 35mg 13%Sodium 500mg 22%Total Carbohydrates 41g 15%Dietary Fiber 0g 0%Total Sugars 26gIncludes 24g Added Sugar 48%Protein 4gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 36mg 2%Iron 3mg 15%Potassium 61mg 2%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
