The World's Most Perfectly Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe

(with butter cream frosting)


Also called the 'Suzy-Q Cake' by many because of its' uncanny likeness to that Hostess favorite...it tastes even better! My favorite is a moist chocolate cake with a rich butter cream frosting that tastes like an exquisite version of a Suzy-Q.

I have been perfecting this chocolate cake with butter cream frosting for over 15 years since!
Being a Chocolate Cake lover, I was always on the look out for that "one thing" that would put my already delicious cake over the top and I found it!

There are lots of 'Quick & Easy' chocolate cake recipes around, but they taste like 'quick & easy' cakes! My recipe is simple and uses ingredients that you will easily find at any grocery store. It is very important that you purchase the exact brands that I list in the recipe (No, I am NOT being paid buy any of these brands companies...they just make the best tasting cakes!) and please follow my instructions to the letter (no matter how odd they may seem!). No ingredient substitutes and no short cuts allowed! It is a simple recipe that produces AMAZING results.



Chocolate Cake with Butter Cream Frosting

Please read entire recipe before you begin to insure that you have all necessary utensils and ingredients!
Please keep in mind that this is NOT a 'quick cake'. The longer the batter is mixed after each ingredient is added the better your cake will be; this is VERY important!

____Chocolate Cake____

Two 9 inch round pans
Preheat oven at 350 degrees
    *Prepare the following custard*:THIS IS THE KEY STEP FOR THIS CAKE!

Cook and stir in a double boiler (Or use a large saucepan filled with about 3 inches of water and place the smaller saucepan filled with the ingredients below):

4 oz Bakers brand unsweetened chocolate (or another brand if Bakers brand is not available where you live)
1/2cup milk (2% or whole)
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg yolk (use large eggs)
Remove from heat when thickened. Let cool. (Custard may thicken a little once it is cooled)
In another bowl (or on wax paper)
Flour mixture
Sift before measuring:
2 cups cake flour
Resift with:
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
set aside
In another bowl

Butter mixture
Beat until soft:
1/2 cup unsalted butter
Add and cream until light:
1 cup sifted sugar
Beat in one at a time:
2 egg yolk
Set aside
In another bowl
Milk mixture
Mix together
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture in three parts, alternating with the milk mixture Stir the batter until smooth after each addition. Stir in the chocolate custard. (may make the batter look speckled) Whip until stiff but not dry (will make soft peaks): 2 egg whites Fold them lightly into cake batter. Bake in greased pans for about 25 minutes.


_________Butter Cream Frosting_________

Prepare the following paste. Cook and stir over low heat in a heavy sauce pan:
    *Do NOT stop stirring or you WILL get lumps!*

5 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
When thickened, remove from heat and cover with a piece of waxed paper. The paper should be directly on the paste to prevent crust from forming on the top. Let cool completely. In a bowl beat the following:

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
Add the paste to the butter mixture and beat until fluffy.
Add:
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
Continue to beat until fluffy.
Once your cake is completely cooled, you can put the icing on.
(If you have baked the cake a day ahead of time place the icing in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve the cake. Beat it one more time before putting on cake.)
Remember the main ingredient in the icing is BUTTER so if serving in a warm climate do not put the icing on the cake until you are ready to serve it!

Thank you! Enjoy!

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"UNBELIEVABLE! This is the best cake I have EVER made and I am not exaggerating. It is so moist! I have never received the response I got from this cake from anything else I have ever baked. Thanks Ruth perfecting the chocolate cake!" JoAnn, San Francisco, CA

"I did not want to pay $2 for a cake recipe but I really wanted to make a special cake for my Mom's 70th birthday. Well, if I ever lost this recipe I would gladly pay $50 to get it back! It was not only a hit at my Mom's party but I have made it for five or six other parties; by request! It is a superb cake that is very simple to make. Ruth, that special step that makes it so moist is ingenious!" Susan Park Salt Lake City, UT

"Wonderful recipe! I have passed it on to my 13 year old and she loves to make this recipe for cupcakes. I have to stop her from eating all of the frosting before there is nothing to frost the cupcakes with!" Judith Moore Knoxville, TN

"I have never made a cake this moist before. The _______was a wonderful idea and so obvious! I have made it for a baby shower, birthday and an office party and have never had to take left over cake home!" Sara Dunns Miami, FL


"Great cake recipe. I have given it to about three or four of my friends out of state and they have all told me how great the cake turned out!" Gabby Rochester, NY

I would like to thank everyone who has sent notes to me about the success they had with this cake recipe. I love knowing that other people around the world are enjoying it as much as my family and friends have! Ruth