🇭🇺 Hungarian Decadent Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

For the Cake:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup hot coffee (or hot water)

For the Chocolate Ganache:

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 8 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line two 9-inch round cake pans.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  3. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
  4. Stir in hot coffee (batter will be thin).
  5. Divide batter evenly between pans.
  6. Bake 30–35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  7. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

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