We Probably Should Share This Cake Once a Season

• total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

Because hundreds of you ask for it every single day!

And because thousands of you have told me this is the best chocolate cake you’ve ever had-here it is again!🎄❤️

This sourdough chocolate cake is rich, moist, deeply chocolatey, and works for everything—holiday baking, birthdays, special occasions, and all the celebrations in between.

It’s made with fermented chocolate sourdough starter, and I always use Valrhona chocolate. If you want to bake with ours, it’s always linked in our bio.

Save it. Share it. Bake it again and again.

Happy holiday baking!🤎

SOURDOUGH CHOCOLATE CAKE

Dry Ingredients

1 ½ cups flour

1 ¾ cups sugar

¾ cup cocoa powder

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients

½ cup neutral oil

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla extract

¼ cup sourdough discard (chocolate or regular)

¼ cup sour cream

¾ cup buttermilk

1 cup hot coffee

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM

1 ¼ cups softened butter

3 cups powdered sugar

¾ cup cocoa powder

½ cup heavy cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

¼ tsp salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Line a half sheet pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with nonstick spray.

In a small bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients.

In a large bowl, mix all wet ingredients until smooth.

Add dry ingredients to the wet and whisk until just combined.

Carefully pour in the hot coffee and mix slowly until batter is smooth and uniform.

Pour into prepared pan and bake 12–18 minutes, or until the cake springs back when gently touched or a toothpick comes out clean.

While the cake bakes and cools, prepare the buttercream by mixing all ingredients in a stand mixer (or use a hand mixer or whisk) until light and fluffy.

Once the cake is fully cooled, spread with chocolate buttercream.

Serve as a single-layer sheet cake or stack for a layered version.

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