This moist chocolate cake recipe is a chocolate-lover's dream. Buttermilk is the secret ingredient that makes this one of the best cakes you'll ever taste. You can frost this cake with the marshmallow frosting recipe included here or your favorite frosting recipe.
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Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup water
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Marshmallow Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar)
- 7 oz. jar marshmallow fluff or marshmallow cream
- 2 Tbsp. shaved chocolate for garnish (optional)
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Mix flour and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Place butter, cocoa and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Add to flour mixture, mixing well.
- Beat in eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, salt and vanilla. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 20-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake completely.
- Make marshmallow frosting: With an electric mixer, beat butter until fluffy. On low speed, beat in about one-third of the powdered sugar. Add the remaining powdered sugar, beating until incorporated. Beat in marshmallow cream.
- Frost moist chocolate cake with marshmallow frosting. Top with chocolate shavings, if desired.
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