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πŸ₯³ Your New Favorite Chocolate Cake Just Dropped! (It's SO good & SO easy!)

Published 3 days agoΒ β€’Β 3 min read

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Hey Reader!

You know that search for the perfect chocolate cake? The one that's super moist, intensely chocolatey, and doesn't demand hours in the kitchen? Well, it's here!

We took my favorite Granny Pete's Chocolate Cake and gave it a serious glow-up. Think:
✨ A ridiculously simple one-bowl method
✨ The rich, nuanced depth of brown sugar
✨ Hot milk + fresh-brewed espresso (or coffee) makes the chocolate flavor POP
✨ A cake that's not just moist, but exquisitely fluffy and bouncy!

The best part? You're less than an hour away from chocolate heaven, with just 15 minutes of hands-on prep. This cake isn't just for birthdays (though I used it for mine last weekend! πŸ₯³), it's for Tuesday nights, Sunday brunches, or simply because... well, chocolate.

Ready to taste the magic?

P.S. It pairs next-level fabulously with our Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting – seriously, you're gonna love it! πŸ˜‰

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Moist & Fluffy Lemon Blueberry Loaf Cake

Bake the ultimate easy, one-bowl lemon blueberry loaf cake (quick bread) – perfectly moist, plush, and bursting with zesty lemon and juicy berries!

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Rich & Glossy
Chocolate Frosting

This rich and creamy buttercream uses butter and cream cheese for a perfectly balanced, not-too-sweet flavor. Ideal for piping on cakes and cupcakes!

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Malted Chocolate Chip Cookies

Loaded with a delicious combination of flavors (brown butter, dark brown sugar, vanilla and malted milk powder), these cookies are the ultimate chocolate chip cookie experience!

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Coffee Cake Muffins

The most delicious bakery-style muffins are topped with spiced streusel and have a cinnamon-brown sugar ribbon throughout.

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Soft & Chewy
Peanut Butter Cookies

This one-bowl recipe yields PB cookies that are soft, chewy and basically the ideal bendy cookie texture (bonus: they're ready in 30 minutes!).

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Dreamy Buttermilk Lemon-Blueberry Scones

You will love this easy Lemon Blueberry Scone recipe! The dough is made with tangy buttermilk, heaps of fresh lemon zest and bursting with blueberries. These scones can be mixed & baked in under an hour!

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Margarita Cupcakes

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Bubbly Pizza Focaccia

Bubbly focaccia dough is covered with my favorite pizza sauce, some low-moisture mozzarella and finally spicy pepperoni. See recipe for overnight focaccia instructions.

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Fluffy & Fabulous Focaccia

The most perfectly Bubbly Focaccia Recipe has same-day and overnight recipe instructions (you can also freeze this dough!). This airy and pillowy focaccia is topped with extra-virgin olive oil, fresh rosemary and flaky sea salt.

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Salted Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

The perfect chocolate chip peanut butter cookies loaded with puddles of chocolate, crunchy, salted peanuts and topped with flaky sea salt.

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Blackberry-Lime
Streusel Muffins

Juicy blackberries and a heap of lime zest are the perfect combo in this moist, streusel muffin recipe.

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Soft & Tender Raspberry
Cream Scones

Behold the best Fresh Raspberry Scone recipe! With an unbelievably moist and tender texture, they dazzle with juicy fresh raspberries, sunny lemon zest and a touch of warm cinnamon (YUM!). Perfect as is or mega fabulous with either a bright lemon glaze or this easy vanilla glaze.

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Raspberry Lemon
Loaf Cake

This one-bowl Raspberry Lemon Loaf Cake is super easy (nothing fancy in the ingredient department) and LOADED with juicy raspberries and bright, fresh lemon flavor. It's the perfect snacking cake!

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"Following up on her acclaimed debut, The Cookie Book, writer, photographer, and recipe developer Rebecca Firth tackles cake in her new book. You may have trouble picking which recipe to start with: Chocolate Stout Cake with Champagne Buttercream or a tart, sticky Glazed Tangerine Donut Cake?”
― Epicurious, 25 New Baking Books for Cozy Fall Treats

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"Writer, photographer and queen of cookies, Rebecca Firth teases my sweet tooth and I am not mad about it. Love following her and her tempting creations and can't wait to see what she comes up with next."
―Tiffani Thiessen, actress and author of Pull Up a Chair
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― Food & Wine, Best Baking Cookbooks to Own Right Now

DisplacedHousewife | Really Delicious, Well-Tested Sweets

Rebecca Firth

Join me for all things sweet including lots of cookies (my fav!), brown butter, chocolate, caramel, cakes and more! I love treats ranging from quickie weeknight cravings to fun, weekend baking projects. xo

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