Moist Chocolate Layer Cake

I make a moist chocolate cake for my birthday. I didn't buy a birthday cake, I make of my own. I make a three-layer cake of this moist chocolate cake, all my friends they like it all. Everyone eats this cake. Next time I make for my husband's birthday cake.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 460 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup brewed coffee
• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®)
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (such as Hershey's®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan; dust pan with 2 teaspoons cocoa powder or as needed.

Step 2

Whisk cake flour, 3/4 cup cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Mix sugar and canola oil in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Beat eggs into sugar and oil, one at a time, blending in the first egg before adding the second. Gradually beat milk, coffee, and vanilla extract into sugar mixture until smooth.

Step 3

Reduce mixer speed to low and beat flour mixture into wet ingredients. Stir sour cream into batter. Pour into prepared baking pan.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs, about 40 minutes.