Chocolate Cake for Bat Cutouts
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 88kcal
This recipe is for a basic and moist chocolate cake. It's great for a layered cake or for cutouts like oin the Batman cake!
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Ingredients
- ¾ cups cake flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup boiling water
- black gel food coloring
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, room temp
- 1½ teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg, room temp
- ¼ cup sour cream (this is what make is nice and moist)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare baking pan with nonstick spray or butter and parchment.
- Add cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to a bowl and stir until combined. In another bowl stir cocoa powder with the boiling water and mix together. Add black gel coloring and set aside to cool.
- In a mixer add butter, vanilla, and sugar and cream together. Add eggs one at a time, fully mixing in after each one.
- Add ½ of the dry mixture to butter mixture and combine then add ½ of the sour cream and combine. Repeat until all ingredients are added and mixed in. Then, add cocoa and mix until fully incorporated.
- Add batter to the prepared baking dish and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick is clean. After the cake has fully cooled, remove it from the baking pan and cut out bats using a cookie cutter.
Notes
- You can also freeze cake batter! Just place it in a plastic freezer bag, lay it flat and ensure all the air is out before sealing. Lay in your freezer flat. The batter should last about 1 month in the freezer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 88kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.5g | Protein: 1.8g | Fat: 5.6g | Saturated Fat: 3.3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 139mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 0.7g | Sugar: 0.3g | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg