Black Magic Cake is a one pot chocolate cake which makes super moist and fudgy chocolate cake.
Black Magic Cake
This is one of the best chocolate cake which i ever made, it is so delicious. The cake turned out really moist. You just add all the ingredients in a bowl and mix it and bake it, that's it. So easy. You can frost it with any frosting you like, but i like to go with the chocolate ganache.
About this Recipe
This Black Magic Cake is a chocolate lovers dream. Simple and straightforward, this is one of those desserts that everyone will love. Coffee enhances the chocolate flavor and buttermilk helps make the cake super moist. A gâteau magique (also sometimes referred to as magic cake in English) is a French cake that forms three layers when
the batter is baked. The bottom layer is custard, the middle layer is cream and the top layer is a sponge. Hershey’s black magic chocolate cake and it’s one of the best cakes ever! Perfectly moist chocolate .
This is such a easy recipe, it is made in one bowl and uses just the ingredients which you already have on hand. But the cake turns out so moist, fudgy and really chocolaty..There is no doubt why the cake is called a black magic cake, because this cake is so dark and so spooky.
Ingredients for Black Magic Cake Recipe
All Purpose Flour:
All-purpose flour can be used for a variety of tasks, including baking, cooking, coating meats and vegetables, and thickening sauces and gravies. To manufacture all-purpose flour, a blend of hard wheat (which has more gluten) and soft wheat is crushed together.
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder :
Unsweetened cocoa powder is a pantry staple for most bakers. When baking, use unsweetened cocoa powder (rather than sweetened cocoa powder, which is often labelled sweet ground chocolate to control the amount of sugar in the final product.
Vegetable Oil :
Vegetable oil remains liquid at room temperature whereas butter hardens, vegetable oil delivers moisture significantly more consistently. Because liquid contributes to the impression of moistness, cakes produced with oil tend to be moister than those
made with butter.
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Black Magic Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ¾ cup / 210 grams
- Sugar - 2 cups / 400 grams
- Unsweetened Cocoa Powder - ¾ cup / 85 grams
- Baking Soda / Cooking Soda - 2 tsp
- Baking Powder - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Eggs - 2
- Hot Strong Coffee - 1 cup / 240 ml I mixed 1 tsp of instant coffee with some hot water
- Vegetable Oil - ½ cup / 120 ml
- Milk - 1 cup / 240 ml
- Vinegar - 1 tblspn
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
- Chocolate Ganache as needed Recipe here
- Chocolate Sprinkles & Silver Balls as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pan with oil and dust it with flour, coat flour on all sides and tap off the excess.
- Now make homemade buttermilk, take milk and vinegar in a bowl and mix well. Set aside till use.
- Now take flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt in a bowl and use a whisk to mix well.
- Make a well in the center, add in oil, egg, coffee and buttermilk. Mix well till combined.
- Now divide the batter into two cake pan and bake for 30 to 40 mins. Insert a toothpick to check whether the cake is done. If it comes out clean then the cake is done. Remove it from oven and cool it for 10 mins.
- Invert the cake to a cooling rack and cool down completely.
- Now invert one cake to a plate, spoon some ganache over it, spread it. Now place another cake on top and spread some more ganache. Now top it with chocolate sprinkles and silver balls.
- Serve.
Black Magic Cake Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients..Preheat oven to 180 degree C. |
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| Grease two 9 inch round pan with oil and sprinkle with flour..coat on all sides and tap off the excess. |
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| Now you can use buttermilk if you have on hand, else lets make our own instant buttermilk..take 1 cup of milk |
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| Add in 1 tblspn of white vinegar |
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| Mix well and set aside till need |
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| Now the entire cake batter is made in one bowl..Hence the name..Take sugar in a bowl |
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| Add in flour |
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| cocoa powder |
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| Add in baking powder |
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| Add in baking soda |
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| salt |
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| use a whisk to mix well |
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| make a well in the center |
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| oil |
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| add in buttermilk..see the texture of the milk..making buttermilk at home is so easy.. |
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| Now add in 1 cup of hot coffee...I mixed 1 tsp of instant coffee powder with 1 cup of hot water |
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| Add in eggs |
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| all added in |
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| use a whisk to whip this up |
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| Now use a spatula to give one good mix |
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| Divide the batter between two cake pan |
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| Bake till done...it will take around 30 to 40 mins..Insert a toothpick to check whether it is done or not |
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| Now for the frosting i used chocolate ganache...Check this link for recipe.. |
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| Invert one cake on a plate, spread ganache over it |
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| flip the other cake over |
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| top with more ganache |
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| spread it evenly |
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| decorate the top as you wish |
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| Done |
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| Slice and serve |
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| So moist, so fudgy and so chocolaty... |
Rexy
hey aarthi why not using butter in this recipe?actualy for making cakes butter is necessary na?i dnt kno..pls correct me.y butter is used for in cakes?
Aarthi
@Rexyno u use butter in some cakes and oil as well. Oil in cake makes it soft and moist than butter
aparna pandey
Dear Aarthi,
This is an amazing cake!!! Can we please make this without eggs?????
Anonymous
U prepare lot of bakery items..will you sell them in your bakery
Aathira
Hey, I have only 1 cake tin is it ok if i make the whole mix in advance and bake it one by one, or need i half the recipe?? Have heard that baking soda may turn the mix sour if kept for long. So please guide. Thanks!!
ajeesh
very good receipe............ thank u
Anonymous
Looks yummy ..:) which oven do you use ?
Reshma Sawant
Can i replace eggs with something
Aarthi
@aparna pandeywill share eggless version soon
Aarthi
@Aathirayes you can keep one cake pan aside till one cake is baked
Aarthi
@Anonymousi use morpht richards OTG
Aarthi
@Reshma Sawantwill share an eggless version soon
Shana
Made this cake in cooker..came out really superb..soooo soft,moist and tastyy...love this simple recipe..and tried ur pressure cooker vanilla cake also..rendumey super ah vanthich..thanku sister..!!
Aarthi
@Rachna Suprithrock sugar will affect the texture of the cake.
Aarthi
@Rachna Suprithwheat flour will make the cake little dense. But you can use half maida and half wheat flour
neha gaggar
Eggless?
Aarthi
@neha gaggarwill share a eggless version soon
Vidhya
Awesome recipe n looks yumny.
Please let me know substitute for eggs. Need to prepare on 3rd for an occasion.
Thanks
Aarthi
@Vidhyano sub for eggs in this recipe. u can check my eggless recipes.
Madhusmita
What is the proportion of baking powder and baking soda? Most people use baking soda just half of baking powder. Here it is just reversed. Is there any reason?
Aarthi
@Madhusmitait depends on each recipe
Karishma
Such a nice recipe.thanks so much.could you tell me why my cake is crumbling a bit,Arti?
Aarthi
not so sure why it happened
Fatima Farooqui
Crumbling cakes is usually because cake batter is not smooth liquid. Try to beat the eggs in a one small bowl, then mix milk and sugar and then add to the cake batter.
karishma
I'll try again. The taste was too good though:)
SpoonNPaper Blog
Hi Aarthi... Tried this recipe. The cake was super delicious. Thanks dear.
http://spoonandpaper.blogspot.in/2016/05/deadly-sinful-yummy.html?m=1
Pooja Sharma
Can we make it without egg
nisha
Can we prepare vanila cake with this recipe excluding the Coco powder..Anything extra we need to add to balance the wet content in the batter when we exclude Coco powder.
Thanks in advance 🙂
Aarthi
u can add some all purpose flour instead of cocoa. but i am not sure how it will turn out
Suba
Hi Arthi, can you suggest where can v get dark chocolate bar at Nagercoil? Which brand for the chocolate ganache?
Priyanka
Eggless recipe plzzzzzz
SpoonNPaper Blog
http://spoonandpaper.blogspot.in/2016/10/choco-licious-cake-eggless.html?m=1
Tried ur cake without eggs, with a slight modification to the recipe... And the eggless version too turned sinful. Thanks for the recipe dear.
SpoonNPaper Blog
Hi Aarthi... Tried an eggless cake with a slight modification to your recipe without eggs... It was so so yummy. Thanks for the recipe dear.
http://spoonandpaper.blogspot.in/2016/10/choco-licious-cake-eggless.html?m=1
Esther
I baked 8 black magic cakes for my son's first birthday party.. and only 3 pieces are remaining.. Thanks for the wonderful recipe, Aarthi.. can you please give piping technique s.. I used jam to pipe his name on the cake as I wasn't sure if butter cream would be good on chocolate ganach... Please share techniques to pipe letters. To make flower shapes etc.. Thanks in advance..
Devi
Hi aarthi, I'm a beginner for baking. Please tell me whether hand whisk itself enough for beating eggs? Or do we need electric beater?
If we use hand whisk, will cake turn out soft?
Devi
Hi aarthi, I'm a beginner for baking. Please tell me whether hand whisk itself enough or we nees elwctrix beater to beat eggs?
If we use whisk, will cake turm out soft?
Devi
Mam, where to use hand whisk and where to use electric beater to beat eggs?