Basic Dark Chocolate Cake {Yummy Healthy Way}

Instructions

Gather and Prepare Ingredients:

• Measure and add dry ingredients to a large bowl - cake flour, baking soda, and salt
• Measure and add the cane sugar to a bowl.
• Add wet ingredients to a large mixing bowl - avocado oil, vanilla extract, apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, and half of the sugar
• Add milk, water, half of the sugar, and cacao powder to a saucepan. Patiently whisk gently until everything is fully blended.

Cook a Chocolate Mixture:

• Turn the heat to medium and heat the saucepan with the chocolate mixture while stirring and blend using a heat-resistant silicon spatula until it reaches a boil. Chocolate tends to form and dry inside the wall of the saucepan. Scrape the wall using the spatula from time to time.
• Turn off the heat, stir to let off the steam, and set it aside to cool down.

Make Dark Chocolate Cake Batter:

• Use a hand-held mixer to blend the wet ingredients in the large mixing bowl until fully blended and smooth. Gently slap the mixing bowl on the kitchen countertop to get rid of the bubbles.
• Once the chocolate mixture is cooled down a bit little, add it to the large mixing bowl. Use the hand-held mixer to blend everything until fully blended and smooth.
• Sift the dry ingredients from the large bowl and add to the large mixing bowl. Do it in multiple batches. Sift a small amount of flour at a time making it easier to fold the flour into the batter. Use a wide long handle silicone spatula to continue to fold until flour is blended with the wet ingredients. Remember not to overwork the flour and only use fold motion.
  

Bake the Cake:

• This recipe is for two 8-inch round cake pans or one 9x13-inch rectangle glass dish.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• If using 8-inch cake pans, Layer 8-inch round non-bleached parchment paper inside of the 8-inch stainless steel cake pan. Press down along the bottom edge.
  
• Pour the cake batter into the baking pan and divide it between the two pans. Gently shake to level the batter and get rid of the bubbles.
  
• When the oven reaches 350 F, place the pans on the same level inside the oven and bake for 40 minutes.

• Turn off the oven, and let the cake rest for 10 minutes inside the oven to fully cook the middle part of the cake. Use a toothpick to insert into the center of the tallest part of the cake, it should come out clean.
• Remove the cake and place them on a wire rack to cool down for about 20 minutes.
  
• Use a butter knife to vertically separate the cake from the baking pans, then flip it upside down and place the cake onto a large plate and then remove the baking parchment paper.
  
• You can use a cookie cutter to cut into small rounds and stack two layers of mini dark chocolate cake if you'd like to. Enjoy a yummy and healthy basic dark chocolate cake.