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Chocolate Brownie Cake
Chocolate brownie cake is a rich, dense chocolate cake that tastes like chocolate cake meets a pan of fudge brownies.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
40
minutes
minutes
Total Time
55
minutes
minutes
Servings
12
servings
Calories
186
kcal
Author
Kate @ I Heart Eating
Equipment
8-inch round cake pan
Ingredients
1 ¼
cups
all-purpose flour
1/2
cup
Dutch-process cocoa powder
1
teaspoon
baking soda
1/2
teaspoon
baking powder
1/4
teaspoon
salt
1 ¼
cups
granulated sugar
1/4
cup
butter
melted
2
large eggs
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1/2
cup
buttermilk
1/2
cup
warm water
US Customary
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Metric
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease and flour an 8-inch round cake pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In a separate large bowl, whisk together the sugar, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla.
Whisk the flour mixture into the sugar mixture along with the buttermilk and warm water.
Pour the batter to the prepared pan.
Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, about 40 minutes.
Transfer to a rack to cool for 20 minutes, then loosen cake and flip out onto the rack to cool completely.
Slice cake in half horizontally.
Frost with chocolate whipped cream or frosting of your choice (suggestions in notes below).
Notes
Cocoa powder:
I have only used Dutch-processed cocoa powder in this recipe. I haven't tried regular unsweetened cocoa powder in this recipe.
Butter:
I use salted butter in this cake. If you prefer to use unsalted butter, increase the salt in the recipe to 1/2 teaspoon.
Buttermilk:
Regular or low-fat will work. If you don't have any buttermilk, you can make a good substitute with
this recipe
.
Water:
Warm water right from the tap will work. The water should be about 100F.
Frosting:
I have several frosting suggestions above.
Nutrition values are estimates.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
serving
|
Calories:
186
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
33
g
|
Protein:
3
g
|
Fat:
5
g
|
Saturated Fat:
3
g
|
Trans Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
38
mg
|
Sodium:
196
mg
|
Potassium:
113
mg
|
Fiber:
2
g
|
Sugar:
21
g
|
Vitamin A:
162
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1
mg
|
Calcium:
31
mg
|
Iron:
1
mg