What's the best chocolate cake recipe?

Question

Next Monday in Australia it is national chocolate cupcake day. I'm after a really good recipe which is easy to be made in bulk (I need to feed my ancient history class so I need to make about 30). My teacher also makes really good cupcakes and I really want to show her up.

can anyone help?

Answer 1

Chocolate Cake

A 2-layer chocolate cake made with butter. Frost this chocolate cake with fluffy white frosting or your favorite.

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

6 ounces semisweet chocolate

1/2 cup butter

4 egg yolks

2/3 cup sugar

1 cup sifted cake flour

1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 egg whites

Fluffy White Frosting

Preparation:

In a heavy medium saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and butter. Remove from heat to cool. In a mixing bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon color; gradually beat in 1/3 cup sugar. Continue beating until very thick. Into a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients to egg mixture alternately with the milk; beat until smooth. Add chocolate mixture and vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff; gradually beat remaining 1/3 cup sugar into egg whites. Fold egg white mixture into batter. Pour batter into two greased and floured 8-inch round layer cake pans. Bake chocolate cake at 375° for about 25 minutes, or until chocolate cake springs back when lightly touched with finger. Cool on racks then spread chocolate cake with frosting.

Answer 2

1cup. sugar

1/2 cup. shortening

3egg yolks

1 t vanilla

21/2 cups flour or cake flour

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

11/2 t. baking soda

1 t. salt

1  1-0z square unsweeten chocolate

1/2 t shortening                  Bake 350   30- 35 min.

Answer 3

This may sound wierd but this is the best chocolate cake ever. You can't taste the mayonaise at all. It replaces the eggs and oil which is really all mayonaise is.

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

2 cups flour

½ tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

4 TBS cocoa

¾ cup Best Foods mayonnaise

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

½ tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 F

Mix dry ingredients together, then add mayonnaise and mix together.

Add vanilla and water a little at a time, until everything is mixed together well.

Grease (or grease and flour) two 9” or 8” baking pans. Pour in batter and bake for 40 to 50 min. Until toothpick comes out clean in center. Cool and frost with white or vanilla frosting, homemade is better.

There is a easier version on the back of the Best Foods mayonnaise jar that uses a box chocolate cake mix that’s very good, but the homemade one is the best.

Answer 4

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Dark-Chocol...

This is a dark chocolate, very moist cake recipe.  Not too overly sweet, but the chocolate is definitely there, and the recipe is VERY easy.

I've tried a lot of choc cake recipes....I'll stick with this one.