• STYLE
    • style files
    • #30x30remix
    • shopping
    • #OOTD
  • BEAUTY
    • makeup
    • skin care
    • hair
    • my fave 5
  • DIY
  • Keira Lennox

  • Lifestyle
    • Books
    • Food + Drinks
    • Home Decor
    • TIPS + TRICKS
  • Series
    • this and that
    • taking stock
    • weekend reading
  • Shop
    • Shopping Posts

Keira Lennox

#sundaybaking / food+drink / recipes

The Easiest Chocolate Cake Recipe You Need To Try

11/28/2021

We’re in the thick of the holiday hustle and bustle at the flower shop. This means long work days and short weekends. My favorite way to recharge my batteries is house-mousing at home on Sunday with Gilmore Girls on Netflix and a new recipe to try. (Usually of the dessert variety.) I watched this video of Bon Appetit‘s Chris Morocco making the *easiest chocolate birthday cake* and thought, ‘there’s my Sunday plans.’

This recipe is so simple. It comes together with a handful of pantry staples and requires minimal tools. If you have a cheap hand mixer, a couple of bowls and a whisk, you’re good to go; it’s the perfect recipe for a baking beginner. I had to pop into Publix for a few things, but had most of the ingredients in my baking stash.

Chris Morocco is my snarky/bossy/Type-A soulmate and I love watching him rule the test kitchen. Plus his recipes always deliver; see: BA’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies.

This is a super-satisfying, dense chocolate cake — topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting that balances out the rich cocoa. (I got excited and frosted it before the cake cooled completely, so my frosting is a little soft; oops.)

Instead of posting the recipe here, I’m going to point you to BA’s link, which includes all the details you need + handy video inserts to guide you along from start to finish.

Bon Appetit Easiest Chocolate Birthday Cake

Quick Tip

Bon Appetit suggests mixing up the dry ingredients and storing them in an air-tight container. Then you have a DIY cake mix on-hand to throw a cake together for any occasion with minimal effort. Birthday celebration, dinner party, Sunday supper, stressful day at the office… whatevs. This is a life hack I didn’t know I needed!

I highly recommend giving this ‘Easiest Chocolate Birthday Cake‘ recipe a try. Serve up a big slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or an ice cold glass of milk. No birthday required.

Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on the blog on 12/15/19. It felt like a great time to rescue it from the archives for some holiday baking!

TAGS:baking recipesBon Appetit Easiest Chocolate Birthday Cakechocolate cake
1 Comment
Share

What do you think? Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

The Comments

  • Carolina Jenkins
    12/15/2019

    Merry Christmas Beautiful Lady!

    Reply

You May Also Like

01/26/2021

A Delicious and Easy White Bean Kale Salad

04/13/2020

How To Make That Fluffy Dalgona Coffee From Instagram

11/03/2013

sunday comfort food: banana oat pancakes

10/06/2013

sunday comfort food

  • 🍭
    keiralennox
    keiralennox
    •
    Follow
    🍭
    2 months ago
    View on Instagram |
    1/10
  • A new multitasking lip + cheek cream palette by @rouje that’s almost too pretty to use. 💄
    keiralennox
    keiralennox
    •
    Follow
    A new multitasking lip + cheek cream palette by @rouje that’s almost too pretty to use. 💄
    2 months ago
    View on Instagram |
    1/10
  • A v colorful day at @lasaterflowers.
    keiralennox
    keiralennox
    •
    Follow
    A v colorful day at @lasaterflowers.
    4 months ago
    View on Instagram |
    1/10
  • Hi! It’s been a while! Let’s catch up on the blog with the most random roundup of things I’m wearing/eating/loving lately. Like the low-sugar candy packs I always keep in my handbag, or the $30 jeans I throw on nearly every day. Fresh post at keiralennox.com. 🍭
    keiralennox
    keiralennox
    •
    Follow
    Hi! It’s been a while! Let’s catch up on the blog with the most random roundup of things I’m wearing/eating/loving lately. Like the low-sugar candy packs I always keep in my handbag, or the $30 jeans I throw on nearly every day. Fresh post at keiralennox.com. 🍭
    5 months ago
    View on Instagram |
    1/10
  • Knocking the dust off my grid. 🌞
    keiralennox
    keiralennox
    •
    Follow
    Knocking the dust off my grid. 🌞
    6 months ago
    View on Instagram |
    1/10
@keiralennox
  • About Keira
  • Contact Me
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy

Copyright © 2022 Keira Lennox. All Rights Reserved.Site Powered by Pix & Hue.