Confession.. I don't like baking chocolate cakes. When someone orders it, my heart sinks a little. Why? because they dry out so quickly while cooling. I really don't know why that happens. I've tried changing recipes, include more fluid (eg hot water) but still I wasn't satisfied. Hot water helped though until I stumbled on this recipe on theplayhouseblog. Amazing! and guess what, no mixer needed. It could also work as a brownie recipe if you are not into the very moist brownies. Also you can change this recipe into a peanut butter cake! Just replace the cocoa powder with peanut butter. Thank me later.
INGREDIENTS
2 cups Flour
2 cups Brown sugar
1tsp baking soda/powder
250g Butter
5 tbsp Cocoa Powder
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup instant coffee(liquid)
Pinch of salt
2 Eggs
1/2 cup Buttermilk
1tsp Vanilla extract
200g Chocolate chips