For cake:
- 1 ¾ sticks (200g) Unsalted butter
- ½ cup (120 ml) Milk
- 1 ¾ cups (240g) All-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp Baking soda
- ⅔ cup (65g) Cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups (300g) Granulated sugar
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 2 Large eggs
- ⅔ cup (160 ml) Sour cream
- ½ cup (120 ml) Coffeehot water mixed with 1-2 teaspoons instant coffee powder/granules or hot water
For chocolate ganache:
- 7 oz (200g) Chocolatesemisweet or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- ¾ cup (180 ml) Heavy cream
- Colored sprinklesto taste
Easy Chocolate Birthday Cake
This Chocolate Birthday Cake is the perfect dessert to whip up for a crowd when you don’t have all day to bake and assemble. It features ultra moist and rich cake and a decadent chocolate ganache topping. This soft and fluffy chocolate cake yields 24 servings and is great for a big birthday crowd.
Deliciously moist and rich, this chocolate sheet cake is so easy and so good. Once you have the cake baked, you simply cover the cake with a silky-smooth chocolate ganache. Give it some extra decoration by topping the chocolate frosting with colorful sprinkles, slice and serve. So yummy!
To make the Chocolate Birthday Cake, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Easy Chocolate Birthday Cake
1 | Heat oven and prepare baking pan | 5 |
2 | Combine butter and milk | 5 |
3 | Mix all dry ingredients | 2 |
4 | Stir in the wet ingredients | 2 |
5 | Add hot water or coffee | 1 |
6 | Bake | 25 |
7 | Cool | |
8 | Make frosting | 5 |
9 | Frost | |
10 | Serve | |
Recipe Reviews
Yummy-yummy! So easy! Thanks!
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