Go Back
Print Recipe
5 from 2 votes

BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER!!!!!

Author: Jenn

Ingredients

  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1/2 c. cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 c. flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 c. oil
  • 1 c. buttermilk if you don't have buttermilk on hand, use 1 c. milk + 1 Tbsp. lemon juice OR vinegar and let stand for 5 minutes
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 c. hot water

Icing ingredients:

  • 1 c. sugar granulated, not powdered
  • 1/4 c. cocoa
  • 1/4 c. milk
  • 1/2 c. margarine
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

  • Combine cocoa, sugar, salt, flour, and soda (I just use my Kitchen-Aid mixer). Add the oil, buttermilk, and eggs. Mix well, then add the water. Put in a greased and floured bundt pan.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. Remove cake from pan while warm, not hot.
  • FOR ICING: Boil the sugar, cocoa, milk, and margarine in a saucepan on the stove for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the vanilla. Stir until cool or thick enough to stick on cake. Put on quickly or it will get too thick.