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Serving spoon holding up a piece out of a double-layer chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and rainbow sprinkles on a round bamboo platter with a white and brown towel behind all on a wooden surface
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Chocolate Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting

Who doesn't love a good chocolate cake?! This recipe is easy to make and delicious, especially when paired with my homemade cream cheese frosting!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cake, chocolate, cream cheese
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 pieces
Calories 690kcal
Author Stephanie Lynch

Equipment

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 oz semisweet chocolate bars or chips melted

Frosting

  • 4 oz butter
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F
  • Grease and flour two 8 or 9 inch round cake pans
  • Combine dry ingredients in mixer bowl
  • Add butter, milk, and vanilla
  • Attach flat beater and set speed to 2 for 1 minute
  • Add eggs and chocolate and continue on speed 2 for 30 seconds
  • Increase speed to 6 for another minute
  • Pour batter into pans and bake for 30-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
  • Cool 10 minutes in pan, then transfer to cooling rack

Frosting

  • Combine butter and cream cheese in electric mixer
  • Slowly add in powdered sugar until creamy, then add vanilla
  • Frost the cake as desired

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Calories: 690kcal | Carbohydrates: 93g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 503mg | Potassium: 211mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 67g | Vitamin A: 1010IU | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 2.2mg