Blackout Chocolate Cake

As the only one in our house who bakes, I am usually the maker of my own birthday cake. And this year, I went ALL OUT. I showed my birthday who was boss. No store boughts, no box mixes, not this year. I went with real, amazing, homemade Blackout Chocolate Cake, emphasis on the blackout. I’m coping, okay? I’m coping. We’re talking about life-changing cake, with whole milk yogurt for moisture and espresso powder for depth, cream cheese chocolate frosting (CHALLENGE ME, I DARE YOU) for the layers, and a chocolate chip exterior that gets pressed into the frosted cake by way of a little regular-people-make-fancy-cakes hack involving cardboard. No, I’m serious. CARDBOARD. We take our cake-ing very seriously, aka not very seriously at all.

blackout chocolate cake

Prep Time: 45 minutes  Cook Time: 30 minutes Yield: 8-10 big slices

DESCRIPTION

This is the cake for chocolate lovers! Ultramoist chocolate cake, layers of cream cheese chocolate frosting, and an awesome chocolate chip + chocolate drizzle exterior. Recipe based off of this solid Chocolate Blackout Cake from Life Made Simple.

INGREDIENTS

For the chocolate cake:

3 cups flour

3 cups sugar

1 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon instant espresso powder (we use DeLallo)

1 tablespoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt

4 large eggs

1 1/2 cups plain Greek yogurt (we use Chobani whole milk yogurt)

2 cups water

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

For the frosting:

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

a pinch of salt

7 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup heavy cream

3-4 cups of chocolate chips

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease three 9-inch round cake pans. Whisk the dry ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Divide evenly between the three cake pans. Bake for 35 minutes or until the cakes are set. Let the cakes cool for a while.
2. Read full recipes here >>pinchofyum.com/blackout-chocolate-cake

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