- prep: 15 min
- cook: 45 min
- total: 1 hr
Summary
If you are looking for the best chocolate cake recipe, you’ve found it! You will need a glass of milk to wash down this rich and chocolaty cake!
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, plus more for the pan
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder (we use Dutch process)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the pan
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt)
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 10
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 586 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 28 g 42.88%
- Saturated Fat: 7 g 35.07%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 23 mg 7.71%
- Sodium: 502 mg 20.9%
- Calcium: 74 mg 7.45%
- Potassium: 402 mg 11.49%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 16.71%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 73 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 5 g 18.52%
- Sugar: 36 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 28%
- Vitamin C 30.87%
- Vitamin D 1.89%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat5
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs2
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat2
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total1 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq