![]() ![]() And taking notes from ultra moist red velvet cake, a tablespoon of vinegar is added to further that soft texture. Vinegar – With a secret ingredient list of mayo, cornstarch, and vinegar I really don’t see how any wouldn’t want to try this cake! But trust me, all three work in harmony to create an incredibly delicious chocolate cake.The cake is tender and spongey without being too soft and crumbly. The fix – I replaced some of the all purpose flour with cornstarch and it made the perfect texture. So I then tried all purpose flour which didn’t make the cake soft enough. Cornstarch – The first test I did with this recipe was with all cake flour because I wanted a really delicate cake, but I found it actually made the cake a bit TOO soft.And don’t worry, you can’t taste it one bit! It’s essentially just a mix of eggs, oil, and vinegar so it adds loads of protein and fat to the recipe. Mayonnaise – Listed in many old fashioned recipes (and the famous Portillo’s chocolate cake), mayonnaise is used to create tons of richness in chocolate cake. ![]() Plus, it took quite a bit of trial and error to get just the right ratios of fat to chocolate to flour to sugar and throughout my testing, I found that these were the most essential ingredients to achieving an incredibly moist chocolate cake: With how soft and fudgy and jiggly (yes this cake is so moist it JIGGLES when you nudge it), I just could not resist. It had to be so incredibly soft and moist that you wanted nothing more than to dig straight into the cake and eat it out of your hand.Īnd for the first time in my life, I’m proud to say that I tested this theory and I now only want to eat cake using this technique from here on out. Inspired by the iconic and ultra fudgy Matilda cake, I was incredibly picky with how I wanted this cake to turn out. With so many chocolate cake recipes all over the internet, why make this one? What makes this the best chocolate cake recipe? ![]()
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