Its easily one of the best chocolate cakes Ive ever eaten.
Arich, tender chocolate cakeis surprisingly easy to makein my opinion, far easier than vanilla cake.
But not all chocolate cake recipes are created equally.
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They can easily end up crumbly or dry, and sometimes the flavor can fall flat.
One of the best chocolate cakes Ive ever madeoreaten is Simply RecipesSour Cream Chocolate Cake.
Its our most popular chocolate cake recipe of all time, and for good reason.
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The rest of the recipe is similarly easy and takes just minutes to whip up.
Plus, it has the perfect, fluffy texture and real chocolate flavor thanks to some clever tricks.
First, it uses hot coffee as the majority liquid.
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The coffee adds amazing flavor to the cake without making it taste like, well, coffee.
The second trick is a colder-than-usual oven.
Most baked goods cook around the 350F mark, but this cake bakes at 300F for nearly an hour.
It is in the name, after all!
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