This is a simple 9-inch chocolate cake that uses basic ingrdients that can be commonly found at home. When I made this, I mixed my own baking powder and buttermilk from basic ingredients as I didn’t have them on hand!
Ingredients
Dry
- 170g all-purpose flour
- 90g unsweentened natural coca powder
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Wet
- 4 large eggs (room temperature)
- 200g granulated sugar
- 200g brown sugar
- 160ml coconut oil (can also use vegetable or canola oil)
- 4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 240ml buttermilk (room temperature)
Utensils
- 9-inch cake pan
- 1 large bowl
- 1 medium bowl
- whisk
- teaspoon
- measuring cup or weighing machine
- sieve (optional) (to sift flour and sugar for fine texture)
- oven
Make your own!
Baking Powder
| Baking soda | Cream of tartar | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratio | 1 portion | 2 portions |
| Example 1 | 5g | 10g |
| Example 2 | 1 teaspoon | 2 teaspoons |
Buttermilk
| Lemon juice (or white vinegar) | Full-cream milk | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratio | 1 portion | 24 portions |
| Example 1 | 5ml | 120ml |
| Example 2 | 2 teaspoons in 1 metric cup | fill up remaining cup |
Steps
- Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees Celsius
- In large bowl, whisk dry ingredients
- In medium bowl, whisk wet ingredients except buttermilk
- Pour ½ portion of buttermilk into large bowl and mix
- Pour remaining ½ portion of buttermilk into medium bowl and mix
- Mix contents of medium bowl into large bowl
- Pour contens of large bowl into cake pan
- Put cake pan into oven and bake for 40 minutes
