Everyday Cocoa Cake
A rich and moist chocolate cake made with cocoa powder and brown sugar, perfect for everyday occasions. This simple yet delicious cake is finished with a light dusting of confectioners sugar.
Ingredients
- •2 cups all-purpose flour
- •¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- •1¼ teaspoons baking soda
- •¾ teaspoon salt
- •¾ cup unsalted butter
- •1¾ cups light brown sugar
- •2 whole eggs
- •1 teaspoon vanilla
- •1⅓ cups water
- •¼ cup confectioners sugar
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9- by 2-inch round cake pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
5 min
- 2.
Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
3 min
- 3.
Beat together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla.
8 min
- 4.
Add flour mixture and water alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour and mixing just until combined.
5 min
- 5.
Pour batter into cake pan and bake in middle of oven until springy to the touch and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, 55 minutes to 1 hour. Cool in pan 1 hour. Invert onto a rack, then turn right side up and dust with confectioners sugar.
120 min
