Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting

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  • April 12, 2026

🍫✨ Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Frosting ✨🍰

Soft, rich, and perfectly balanced with creamy vanilla frosting — this is the ultimate celebration cake you’ll want to make again and again!


🍩 Chocolate Cake Ingredients

  • All-purpose flour – 6 cups (750 g)
  • Granulated sugar – 4½ cups (900 g)
  • Unsweetened cocoa powder – 2¼ cups (225 g)
  • Baking powder – 4½ tsp
  • Baking soda – 4½ tsp
  • Salt – 1½ tsp
  • Eggs – 6 large
  • Vegetable oil – 1½ cups (360 ml)
  • Milk – 3 cups (720 ml)
  • Hot water or hot coffee – 3 cups (720 ml)
  • Vanilla extract – 6 tsp

👩‍🍳 Chocolate Cake Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease and line three 8–9 inch cake pans.
  2. In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  3. Add eggs, oil, milk, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
  4. Gradually stir in hot water or coffee (batter will be thin).
  5. Divide evenly into pans.
  6. Bake until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  7. Let cakes cool completely before frosting.

🍦 Vanilla Frosting Ingredients

(Perfect for filling & covering)

  • Unsalted butter (soft) – 3 cups (678 g)
  • Powdered sugar – 12 cups (1.44 kg)
  • Milk or whipping cream – 9–12 tbsp
  • Vanilla extract – 6 tsp
  • Salt – ½ tsp

🧁 Vanilla Frosting Preparation

  1. Beat butter until light and fluffy.
  2. Gradually add powdered sugar, mixing well.
  3. Add vanilla, salt, and milk slowly until smooth.
  4. Beat until creamy and spreadable.

🎂 Assembly

  • Level cake layers if needed.
  • Place first layer → spread frosting evenly.
  • Add second layer → frost again.
  • Top with third layer.
  • Cover entire cake with frosting and decorate as desired.

💡 Pro Tip: Use hot coffee instead of water to enhance the chocolate flavor — it won’t taste like coffee, just richer!

❤️ Enjoy baking & sharing this delicious masterpiece!