Layered Triple Chocolate Cake Recipe
This is the chocolate layer cake to beat all. The best. It’s rich, decadent, and everything you want in a chocolate cake. I want another piece right now. The cake is tender, very moist, and springy thanks to the tenderizing effects of buttermilk and using oil rather than butter. The chocolate flavor is deep, intense, and comes from both cocoa powder and coffee. The chocolate cream cheese frosting is very thick, decadent, and perfectly tangy from the cream cheese. When you’re mixing the frosting, it will be very thick but that is what you want. Thin it with only as much cream as you need for a spreadable consistency. I topped my homemade chocolate cake with mini semi-sweet chocolate chips and melted chocolate. As long as I was going overboard with chocolate cake and chocolate frosting, I figured why not? The mini chips add a perfect amount of texture to this otherwise velvety smooth cake and frosting.
Triple Chocolate Cake Ingredients
This triple chocolate layer cake calls for basic ingredients you likely have on hand already.
Chocolate Cake:
All-purpose flour Granulated sugar Unsweetened cocoa powder Baking soda and baking powder Kosher salt Buttermilk Canola oil Eggs Vanilla extract Freshly brewed coffee
Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting:
Unsalted butter Cream cheese Unsweetened cocoa powder Vanilla extract Salt Confectioner’s sugar Cream Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips Melted chocolate
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Triple Chocolate Cake
If making a three chocolate cake sounds intimidating, rest assured that this is an EASY recipe! Here’s an overview of the baking process:
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