Decadent Dark Chocolate 4-Layer Cake

 

Dry Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 cup dutch processed cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp espresso powder

Wet Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup of room temperature coffee
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350

Mix dry ingredients in large bowl

Mix Wet ingredients in a medium bowl

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix with a hand or stand mixer until all is combined

Gather 2 round baking pans and line with parchment paper

Pour in mixture evenly to the 2 baking pans

Bake for 30-45 minutes in the oven

Stop baking when a toothpick can be inserted in the center and removed clean

Let cakes cool for 30 minutes

Slice each cake horizontally in half and set aside to cool

Spread frosting on each face up cake, then stack

Decorate as you wish!