Chocolate Cake
 
Makes 1 (9-inch) cake
Ingredients
  • ⅔ cup (133 grams) granulated sugar
  • ⅔ cup (147 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar
  • ¼ cup (56 grams) canola oil
  • 1 large egg (50 grams), room temperature
  • 1 large egg yolk (19 grams), room temperature
  • 1½ teaspoons (6 grams) vanilla extract
  • ½ teaspoon (2 grams) almond extract
  • 1⅔ cups (208 grams) all-purpose flour
  • ⅔ cup (50 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1¾ teaspoons (8.75 grams) baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon (2.25 grams) kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon (2.5 grams) baking soda
  • 1 cup (240 grams) whole milk, room temperature
  • ⅔ cup (160 grams) hot coffee
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter and flour 2 (9-inch) round cakes pans. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together sugars and oil. Add egg, egg yolk, and extracts, stirring to combine.
  3. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, stirring just until combined after each addition. Stir in hot coffee just until combined. Divide batter between prepared pans.
  4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://staging.bakefromscratch.com/favorite-birthday-cake-recipes/