Moist Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 cup powdered white sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk (or substitute by putting 1/2 tbsp white vinegar in a cup then filling it half up with milk; let stand 5 minutes until thickened)
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup hot coffee  

Fluffy Chocolate Frosting:

(Mix the following ingredients in the stand mixer and let a thick frosting form)

• 4 oz unsalted butter
• 4 oz unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 oz powdered sugar
• 2 oz whipping cream
• 4 oz sweetened dark chocolate(melted)

How To Go About It

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Flour and grease your baking tin.
• In the stand mixer add all the ingredients(except coffee) and mix until a smooth batter forms.
• Stir in the hot coffee with a spatula.
• Pour the batter in the tin and set to bake.
• Bake until the knife comes out clean with just a few crumbs.
• Let the cake cool in a fridge for half an hour.
• Smother the cake in fluffy chocolate frosting.

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