# Easy chocolate cake — ingredients and method

A classic cocoa cake you mix in one bowl from pantry basics: for guests, birthdays or just a craving. Copy the ingredients to your room, tick off what's missing at the shop, and keep the steps open on your phone.

*Serves 8 · 50 min*

**In short:** A simple chocolate cake for 8 needs 3 eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of milk, ½ cup of oil, 2 cups of flour, 3 tablespoons of cocoa and 2 teaspoons of baking powder. Beat the eggs and sugar, add the liquids, fold in the sifted dry ingredients and bake in a 22 cm tin at 170 °C for 35–40 minutes. About 50 minutes in all.

## Ingredients

- Eggs — 3
- Granulated sugar — 1 cup
- Milk — 1 cup
- Vegetable oil — ½ cup
- Flour — 2 cups
- Cocoa powder — 3 tbsp
- Baking powder — 2 tsp
- Vanilla extract — 1 tsp
- Butter — for the tin
- Powdered sugar — to serve

## Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170 °C (340 °F). Butter a 22 cm (9-inch) cake tin, dust with flour and tap out the excess.
2. Beat the eggs and sugar with a mixer for 4–5 minutes until pale and fluffy.
3. Add the milk, oil and vanilla and beat briefly to combine.
4. Sift the flour, cocoa and baking powder together and fold into the wet mixture a little at a time until no lumps remain.
5. Pour the batter into the tin and tap it once on the counter to release air bubbles. Bake 35–40 minutes; a toothpick should come out clean.
6. Rest in the tin for 10 minutes, turn out and cool. Dust with powdered sugar and slice.

## Frequently asked questions

### Why did my chocolate cake sink?

Usually the oven door was opened too early, the oven ran too hot, or there was too much baking powder. Keep the door shut for the first 25 minutes and only take the cake out when a toothpick comes out clean.

### How do I keep chocolate cake from drying out?

Stop mixing as soon as the lumps are gone and don't bake past the toothpick test. The oil keeps the crumb moist; once the cake has cooled, store it in an airtight container.

### How long does chocolate cake keep?

In an airtight container it stays fresh for about 2 days at room temperature and up to 4–5 days in the fridge. Sliced, it freezes well for 2–3 months.

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