Chocolate Blackout Cake (you deserve this!)

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: low-fat yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Low-fat yogurt offers tanginess with fewer calories.

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cocoa powder + coconut oil

💰Cheaper: semi-sweet chocolate

Cocoa powder and coconut oil mimic the richness of dark chocolate.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with a unique flavor.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: applesauce

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Applesauce reduces fat while keeping moisture.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease three 9-inch cake pans.

In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, espresso, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together. Add the eggs, yogurt, water, vanilla extract, and vegetable oil. Whisk until just combined to form the chocolate cake batter.

Evenly divide the batter between the three prepared cake pans. Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out almost clean. Set aside to cool.

Stack the three cakes, spread a generous amount of frosting between each layer. Once stacked, frost the outside and the top of the cake too. Sprinkle chocolate chips all over the top of the frosted cake.

Melt the chopped dark chocolate using a Bain Marie. Drizzle the melted chocolate over your cake.

Enjoy! (Ideally in secret, no one else may taste its chocolate-y deliciousness!)

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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