Dessert
One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
Warm chocolate flavor fills each tender bite, its deep cocoa sweetness lifted by a gentle coffee note and finished with a light dusting of confectioners sugar.
- Total
- 50 min
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 35 min
- Serves
- 12
Nutrition per Serving
- Calories
- 139
- Protein
- 2g
- Carbs
- 27g
- Fat
- 3g
- Fiber
- 2g
- Sugar
- 19g
- Sodium
- 212mg
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole-wheat pastry flour, (see Ingredient Note)
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup nonfat buttermilk, (see Tip)
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup hot strong black coffee
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with a circle of waxed paper.
- Whisk flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, brown sugar, egg, oil and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add hot coffee and beat to blend. (The batter will be quite thin.) Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake the cake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from the pan, peel off the wax paper and let cool completely. Dust the top with confectioners' sugar before slicing. Additional reporting by Carrie Myers, M.S. and Linda Frahm