Chocolate Cake

Who can say no to chocolate cake?  I made this chocolate cake for my husband’s birthday last month and it was a hit. The secret ingredient that makes it so moist is yogurt. You can also replace yogurt with sour cream.

The frosting is really good ! I always make extra to add to each piece when serving. 

Ingredients for cake:

1. 2 cups all-purpose flour
2. 3 tsp baking powder
3. 1/2 cup cocoa
4. 3/4 vegetable oil
5. 3 eggs
6. 1 tsp vanilla extract
7. 1 1/2 cups yogurt
8. 1 1/2 cups sugar

Ingredients for frosting:

1. 1/2 cup unsalted Butter
2. Condensed milk 
3. 3 tbsp Cocoa 

Directions:

To make the cake:

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. Coat a 10-cup Bundt pan with  cooking spray 
3. In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients well: flour, baking powder, sugar and cocoa.
4. In your food processor, beat eggs with vanilla extract until blended. 
5. Add sugar and continue beating until fluffy. 
6. Add oil and yogurt and continue beating.
7. Now gradually add the dry ingredients over the already mixed batter and beat until smooth. 
8. Spread batter in prepared pan. 
9. Bake until a tooth-pick inserted in the center comes out with only a few crumbs clinging to it, about 55 minutes.
10. Cool pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then invert cake onto a serving plate and let cool.

To make the frosting:

1. In a pan melt one stick of butter, add one can condensed milk and 3-4 tbsp of Cocoa (depending on how dark you prefer)
2. Mix it all together on  low heat.
3. Pour some of this chocolate frosting over the cake while it is still hot. 
4. Enjoy!     
5. Also check out my orange cake recipe!