Professional Baker Teaches You How To Make CHOCOLATE CAKE!

Chocolate Cake is the best cake, period, but have you ever wonder how to make the best chocolate cake in the world? Anna Olson is here to show you how to take your cake game up to the next level, and this recipe has almost 2 pounds of chocolate in it! The chocolate fans in your family won't be disappointed.

Try the recipe out for yourself, it's just below! And don't forget to let us know how your Blackout Chocolate Cake turned out!

Ingredients

Cake

2 ½ cup (375 g) all-purpose flour
1 cup (120 g) regular cocoa powder
2 ¼ (12 g) tsp baking soda
1 ½ (8 g) tsp salt
1 tsp (3 g) baking powder
1 ¼ (250 g) cup sugar
¾ cup (150 g) dark brown sugar, packed
1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 ¼ cup (560 ml) buttermilk, room temperature
2 large large eggs, room temperature
1 ½ (8 ml) tsp vanilla extract
6 oz (170 g) bittersweet chocolate, chopped, melted and cooled

Frosting

3 cup (775 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (250 ml) cream cheese, room temperature
24 oz (680 g) bittersweet chocolate, chopped, melted and cooled
4 tsp (20 ml) vanilla extract
½ (3 g) tsp salt
4 cup (520 g) icing sugar, sifted
⅔ (80 g) cup cocoa powder, sifted

Directions

Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350F (175 C). Grease and line with parchment 3 8-inch round cake pans.

2. Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder into a large bowl (or into the bowl of a standup mixer fitted with the paddle attachment). Add sugars and butter and blend until a crumbly texture.

3. In a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs and vanilla together and add to larger bowl while mixing on low speed. Once incorporated, increase speed to medium-high and blend until smooth, about 3 minutes.

4. Slowly pour in melted chocolate until evenly blended, then scrape batter equally between prepared cake pans, tapping pans gently to remove any large bubbles.

5. Bake cakes for 40 to 50 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool cakes for 30 minutes in the pan, then carefully turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

Frosting

1. For frosting, beat butter and cream cheese on high speed, scraping sides frequently, until light and fluffy. Reduce speed and add melted chocolate. Add vanilla, salt, icing sugar and cocoa and beat until smooth.

2. To frost the cake, slice each cooled cake layer across in half. Top one layer with icing and spread. Place second cake layer on top, and repeat with remaining layers. Ice the top of the cake and finish with the sides. Chill cake to set, but it is best stored at room temperature.

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[ohyum]

Don't forget to read the recipe in the description and let us know in the comments how your Blackout Chocolate Cake turned out!

[pharoah]

She’s a natural teacher. Calm, confident, and smart.

[andersonbayogan]

Idk but this is giving me the early 2000s vibe. Edit: thanks for the 1k likes 🥰

[hadiazulqarnain]

I had to chk the date to see if this was back from thr 90's.

[ronaldp]

I found this cake recipe besides 3 others all claiming to be the "most amazing chocoate cake ever". I made 4 cakes in 4 days (without frosting/icing) and this one won the title of "most amazing" by everyone in my house. We had fun doing "blindfold tests" and could tell Anna's cake from the others. While the others weren't bad at all, including the chocolate cake made famous by Ina Garten, this one was a level higher in terms of richness, texture, and chocolate-y flavor. Thank you Anna. I have become a fan of yours not only because of your great receipes but also because of your down-to-earth style, helpful hints, and easy-to-follow instructions.
While my waistline can't afford to make many of your Oh Yum goodies, it's really fun, enteraining, and informative to just watch you work wonders in the kitchen.

[lenoreleitch]

Fabulous presentation!!! No rambling preamble, no putting us all to sleep with dull, uninspired dialogue. Easy-to-follow instructions & measurements. Can’t wait to make this!!

[travelinaway]

No matter how many baking channels come along, I always come back to Anna for everything! I love how she is so practical. Any home Baker can make this beautiful, tasty cake. Thanks, Anna. Xo

[priyamsinghbhardwaj]

This video is so inspiring. To see how Chef has come a long way. From when she didn't have a fancy kitchen, or flour and sugar drawers, or kitchen aid, or even piping bags to having it all. That's true success. I want that and more.

[MuhammadHassan-vtcw]

Her hand writing on a cake was more beautiful than mine on a paper 😅

[himanivinay]

I made the cake following your recipe exactly. The cake turned out to be amazing. Almost like brownie. I was so skeptical before starting to bake but it turned out to be so good. Words can't describe my feelings..

[MPam]

No industrial grade stand mixer? No measurements by weight? You're my kind of baker. Thank you for not making cake baking more difficult than it has to be. It looks so scrumptious!

[kilroyscarnivalfl]

I believe I have converted all the dry ingredients to metric, using conversion tables on the internet: The one thing I noticed is the typed recipe says 1 cup cream cheese, but in the video Anna says 8 ounces, which is by weight a standard 'brick' as it is sold in North America. It's not actually equal to a dry measure one-cup, which I see is supposed to equal only four ounces.


Cake
2 ½ cup [320g] all-purpose flour
[called plain flour in many countries]
1 cup [125g] regular cocoa powder
[non-Dutch processed as Anna says in the video, it's a redder brown, Dutch processed is deep brown and almost black]
2 ¼ tsp [6.8g] baking soda
1 ½ [7g] tsp salt
1 tsp [7g] baking powder
1 ¼ cup [250g, white granulated/castor] sugar
¾ cup [150g] dark brown sugar, packed
1 cup [225g, or two sticks in US standard size] unsalted butter, room temperature
2 ¼ cup [532ml] buttermilk, room temperature
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
6 oz [170g] bittersweet chocolate, chopped, melted and cooled


Frosting
3 cup [675g, six sticks in US standard size] unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup* [8 oz, or 226g] cream cheese, room temperature
[I think 1 cup is a typo, should be 8 oz in weight judging by the appearance in the video]
24 oz [680g] bittersweet chocolate, chopped, melted and cooled
4 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp [3g] salt
4 cup [440g] icing sugar, sifted
⅔ cup [83g] cocoa powder, sifted

[BenNixon]

I don’t know why I’m subjecting myself to this while I’m fasting...

[thegrinch]

This totally reminds of the chocolate cake in the movie Matilda!
I’m not much of a chocolate lover BUT this cake looks so scrumptious, I need to make it!

[carouselcakes]

She’s so efficient & on point. Love her teaching style.

[timsullivan]

I baked this cake yesterday, it is a beautifully massive cake. When I cut a piece, and began to eat, I felt like I was going to be arrested.. This cake should be illegal!! UNBELIEVABLY DELICIOUS 😍

[sreebalavigneshwaramahagan]

Your devil cake i made it several times. Now i doing a small business with the help of your receipes . thank much. Iam a kerala malayalee.

[seanmcdonald]

I started watching this and it reminded me that i used to watch Anna with my mum. She loved Anna and her baking. It also reminds me that nothing is as good as mums cooking and now shes gone and i will never experience that again.
I miss her golden oat biscuits so much that no words have the power to describe how i feel . . . . . . Itsvlike that memory of the first time you tasted chocolate or heard the most wonderful music . . . . .no matter what, you will never experience that feeling again . . . . . . warm biscuits and love . . . . . . .

[leebannister]

She is my favourite Baker to watch, so confident and a warm person.

[mangoesification]

I baked this, and it was simply divine. The entire cake lasted maybe 3 days (there are only only 4 of us).