Easy Best-Ever Chocolate Cake with Butter & Vanilla 🍫🍰✨
This chocolate cake is soft, rich, and incredibly easy to prepare. Perfect for any occasion, it combines butter, vanilla yeast, and cocoa for a moist and flavorful treat.
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 1 egg
- 80 g sugar (⅓ cup)
- 8 g vanilla yeast (about 1 packet)
- 50 ml oil (3½ tbsp)
- 50 g soft butter (3½ tbsp)
- 250 g flour (2 cups)
- 10 g baking powder (2 tsp)
- 30 g cocoa powder (optional, for chocolate flavor)
- 100 ml milk (to adjust batter consistency)
Instructions 👩🍳
- Mix wet: Beat egg with sugar until fluffy. Add oil, butter, and vanilla yeast.
- Add dry: Sift flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder. Gradually fold into wet mixture.
- Adjust: Add milk slowly until smooth batter forms.
- Bake: Pour into greased cake pan. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 25–30 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool & serve: Let cake cool slightly. Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with chocolate glaze.
Tips
- Extra rich: Add chocolate chips to the batter.
- Moist texture: Replace milk with yogurt for creaminess.
- Serving idea: Pair with whipped cream or fresh berries.
Caption & Engagement
Caption: “Best-Ever Chocolate Cake—soft, rich, and unbelievably easy 🍫🍰✨”
- Comment prompt: “Would you top it with glaze or keep it simple?”
- Rotating closers: “Save for your next sweet craving.” • “Tag a friend who loves chocolate cake.” • “Soft crumb, rich flavor.”