Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

A moist Chocolate Buttermilk Cake covered in creamy chocolate buttercream and chocolate chips. This quick and easy chocolate cake recipe takes only minutes to make but tastes better than a box mix. It’s the perfect cake for parties, birthdays and celebrations!

If you’re looking for a moist chocolate cake that’s quick and easy to make, look no further. This simple one-layer cake is perfect for chocolate lovers.

The (not-so) secret ingredient, buttermilk ensures this cake has a super soft crumb that stays moist for days.

And the frosting is a scaled-down version of my popular Chocolate Buttercream. It has real melted chocolate in it, which makes it super creamy and easy to worth with.

Ingredients:

Chocolate buttermilk cake

• 120 ml (1/2 cup) hot water
• 210 grams (1 and 1/2 cups) plain flour or all purpose flour
• 40 grams (1/2 cup) cocoa powder, sifted
• 90 grams (1/2 cup) brown sugar
• 150 grams (3/4 cup) caster sugar or granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 170 grams (3/4 cup or 1 and 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 120 ml (1/2 cup) full fat buttermilk

Chocolate buttercream

• 115 grams (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 375 grams (3 cups) icing sugar or powdered sugar, sifted
• 100 grams (2/3 cup) dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate (50-70% cocoa), melted and cooled
• 1–2 tablespoons full fat or whole milk, room temperature
• 50 grams (1/3 cup) chocolate chips