Best Chocolate Cake Ever

Moist Chocolate Cake

Adapted from foodess.com

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa (I used unsweetened)
  
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk (1 cup of water mixed in 1tbsp of white vinegar or 1tbsp lemon juice; let sit for 2 minutes)
  
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup hot coffee (or 2 tsp instant coffee in 1 cup boiling water, or simply 1 cup boiling water)

1. Preheat oven to 177 °C. Grease two 9-inch baking pans and set aside. In the large bowl of a standing mixer, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla extract; beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in hot coffee. Pour batter evenly between the two pans and bake on middle rack of oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire racks before frosting.

ENJOY!