Everyday Cocoa Cake

Name: Everyday Cocoa Cake
Total time: 2 h 21 min
Yield: 8 servings
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

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.

8 servings

2 hr 21 min

Published October 4, 2025

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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