Chocolate Velvet Cake Recipe (2024)

Chocolate cake is one of my favorite things in the whole world. But, if you’ve read Add a Pinch for very long, you could’ve probably already guessed that little tidbit of information. And this Chocolate Velvet Cake? Well, it needs to happen in your life soon. You will love it!

With it’s signature crumb and flavor, this chocolate cake is an unmistakable velvet cake recipe. Unlike thered velvet cakeof my childhood and theblue velvet cakeI dreamt up a while back, this chocolate velvet cake just lets the chocolate shine through.

And boy does it ever shine!

This chocolate velvet cake comes with a bit of a history. You see,I was asked last summer to develop a recipe for novelist Jane Porter for her book,The Good Wife.

Jane and I went back and forth about the character, her history, her passions and hobbies, and the like. I was thrilled when we decided that only a chocolate cake would work! I loved reading through the character notes and developing the perfect chocolate cake that held a touch of Southern roots while still being a modern cake.

Here’s my Chocolate Velvet Cake Recipe. I think you’ll love it.

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Chocolate Velvet Cake Recipe

Robyn Stone

5 from 6 votes

Ingredients

▢ 1/2 cup (113 g) butter, softened
▢ 1 1/2 cups (297 g) sugar
▢ 2 large (100 g) eggs, room temperature
▢ 2 1/2 cups (300 g) all-purpose flour
▢ 3 tablespoons (15.75 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
▢ 1 teaspoon (2.6 g) kosher salt
▢ 1/2 teaspoon (1.16 g) espresso powder
▢ 1 cup (227 g) buttermilk, room temperature
▢ 1 teaspoon (4.7 g) vanilla extract
▢ 1 teaspoon (6 g) baking soda
▢ 1 tablespoon (14.9 g) distilled white vinegar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350o F. Prepare three 8-inch cake pans with butter and flour, taking care to remove any excess flour.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about three minutes. Add eggs one at a time, completely incorporating after each addition.
Sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt, and espresso powder in a separate medium bowl, set aside.
Pour buttermilk and vanilla into a measuring cup, set aside.
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Alternately, mix flour mixture and buttermilk mixture into butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
Scrape down sides of mixing bowl to ensure all ingredients are well incorporated.
Reduce speed of mixer and stir in baking soda, making sure incorporated into batter. Then, stir in the vinegar, taking care not to over mix.
Distribute cake batter evenly into the three cake pans. Bake for 25 minutes or until cakes have gently pulled away from the edges of the cake pans and a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. You can follow my tips forhow to tell when your cake is done.
Remove from oven and allow to cool. Cool in pans for about 10 minutes and then turn out onto cooling racks until cakes are completely cooled before frosting cake.

Nutrition

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For the frosting, you can use a favorite buttercream frostingor my chocolate heritage frosting.I think you’ll love it, too!

Enjoy!
Robyn xo

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Robyn Stone is a cookbook author, wife, mom, and passionate home cook. Her tested and trusted recipes give readers the confidence to cook recipes the whole family will love. Robyn has been featured on Food Network, People, Southern Living, and more.

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