This Sunday Chocolate Cake is the easiest, most comforting chocolate cake recipe ever. The boiled frosting on top is flaky, fudgy and delicious!
What IS Sunday Chocolate Cake?
So this cake might not look like much, but let me tell you…it’s everything. It’s simple, it’s classic, it’s nostalgic. AND it has the best flaky boiled chocolate icing on top.
I found the recipe for this in my Grandma’s recipe box and yes, she’d always make it on Sunday’s…hence the name. My Gram was a rule follower.
BUT it’s the perfect weekend cake. Or weeknight cake. Or afternoon cake…Also, it’s my kid’s most favorite. The classics usually are.
What is fantastic about this chocolate cake recipe, is it’s SO easy. There is no mixer involved, which is always nice!
How to Make Sunday Chocolate Cake:
Go ahead and whisk your dry ingredients in one bowl and your wet in another…
Melt your butter and shortening in a saucepan…also, if you think vegetable shortening is from the devil go ahead and sub in all butter. This recipe is my Grandma’s back in the days where Crisco was king. Actually the recipe calls for Oleo, so yeah. I’ve made it will all butter and it’s delicious.
Next add unsweetened cocoa powder.
Also, I am the messiest cocoa powder user ever in existence. What’s my problem??
When it’s all melted pour it into your dry ingredients…
And whisk them together.
A smooth, glorious batter will form.
Pour that all in your prepared pan.
When the chocolate cake is almost done baking, start making your boiled frosting.
Boil butter, milk and cocoa powder together in a medium saucepan, and then stir in some powdered sugar…
Whisk it all up until it’s smooth.
Pull the cake out of the oven when it’s done…
And pour that frosting all over top!
Glorious.
Allow the cake to cool, and your frosting will look like wrinkly. It’s ok…in this case wrinkles are good.
This is easily the most made cake in my house, along with my easy cinnamon roll cake. Not having to worry about making layers and piping frosting makes cake baking so much more of an everyday type of dessert.
Your Sundays will be better for it.
Also, the edge pieces are my favorite. All the frosting.
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Sunday Chocolate Cake
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: serves 12 1x
- Category: Cake
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Dessert
Description
This Sunday Chocolate Cake is the easiest, most comforting chocolate cake recipe ever. The boiled frosting on top is flaky, fudgy and delicious!
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening (you can sub in butter if you prefer)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
Icing
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup milk + 2 Tbsp
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a 9×13 baking pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together sugar, flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
- In another bowl whisk eggs, milk, vinegar and vanilla together. Set aside.
- In a saucepan melt butter, shortening and cocoa powder together, whisking until completely melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat and pour into flour mixture, and then add the other liquid ingredients. Stir together until smooth and there are no more lumps.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 15-20 minutes until center of cake is set.
- Prepare icing when cake is almost ready.
Icing
- Melt butter, cocoa powder and milk together over medium heat. Bring just to a boil and remove from heat. Whisk in powered sugar and vanilla until there are no lumps.
- Pour icing over hot cake in pan.
- Allow cake to cool before slicing.
Notes
Store airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 773
- Sugar: 118.6 g
- Sodium: 236 mg
- Fat: 25.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 136.6 g
- Protein: 5.3 g
- Cholesterol: 94.9 mg
Keywords: cake, chocolate cake, recipe, baking, cocoa powder
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The best birthday cake! (I did bake longer than it called for)
★★★★★
Looks easy and delicious. But just want to make sure the oven temperature ishoukd be 400. My other cake recipes aren’t as high.
Yep, 400!