The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe made with layered of moist chocolate cake, wafers, ad a condensed milk cream.
There are some other great chocolate cake recipes such as the Layered Chocolate Coffee Cake or the Layered Chocolate Nutella Cake.
Are you in the mood for something chocolaty? This here has got to be one of the simplest cakes there is but it’s so moist and so delicious. You do need to give it some time for the cream to moisten up the layers though. If you will be making this the night before, refrigerate overnight and keep covered but remove from fridge about 2 hours before serving. If you will be enjoying it the same day give it a few hours so the cream can moisten the layers a bit. This is a great cake and a fan in the family. This is a great cake for any occasion, like a family gathering, girls night or a friend’s dinner, you can also make this cake round instead of rectangular.
how to make the best chocolate cake recipe-
- Prepare two (9×13) pans. Cover with parchment paper.
- Beat together eggs and sugar on high for about 5 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, and cocoa.
- Add cooked condensed milk and sour cream and mix again.
- Slow add in flour and mix until well incorporated.
- Divide the batter equally amongst the two pans and bake in a preheated over to 355° for 12-15 minutes.
- Once completely cooled, cut each cake in half so you will have four layers.
- Prepare the cream– Beat butter, once smooth slowly add in the cooked condensed milk.
- Assemble cake– Add the first layer on the tray. Top with cream and add the second cake ontop.
- Repeat this with the rest layers. Cover the top and sides of the cake with cream.
- Blend chocolate wafers until they are very fine.
- Generously cover the top of the cake with some wafers.
- Drizzle some of the cream on top of the cake.
- Enjoy.
Try these other Desserts:
- Coffee Roulade– Moist coffee cake with a rich cream.
- Chocolate Chip Banana Bread– The best banana bread with sweet chocolate chips.
- Chocolate Meringue Cookies– Crunchy cookies with chocolate chip morsels.
- Nutella Rice Krispie Treats– Amazing rice Krispie treats.
Best Chocolate Cake Recipe
Chocolate cake with a condensed milk cream and a layer of wafers.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time30 mins
Total Time50 mins
Servings: 11 servings
Calories: 210kcal
Ingredients
Cake-
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 14 oz dulce de leche
- 1 1/4 cup sour cream
- 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3 1/2 Tbsp Hershey’s cocoa
Cream-
- 1 can dulce de leche
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room temp
- 1 3/4 cup chocolate wafers
Instructions
- Beat eggs and sugar at high speed for 5 minutes.
- In the meantime in a bowl combine the flour, salt, baking soda and cocoa. Set aside.
- Add 1/2 cup dulce de leche and the sour cream to the eggs/sugar and mix about half a minute.
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the bowl. Mix about a minute.
- Prepare 2 (9×13) pans. Cover with parchment paper. Lightly spray with baking spray and dust with flour. Divide the batter equally amongst the two pans and bake in a preheated over to 355° for 12-15 minutes. Check for readiness with a toothpick.
- Once completely cooled, cut each cake in half so you will have four layers.
Prepare the cream
- Beat the butter at medium speed for a minute. Turn the speed down to low and slowly add the dulce de leche. (1 can plus the remaining unused can of milk from the batter).
- Place the bottom part of one of the cake and this will be 1st layer. Set it down same way as is with the part that was cut facing up. Spread a generous portion of the cream.
- Place the 2nd layer with the top facing down and the middle part facing up. Cover with cream.
- rd layer take the top of the second cake turn it upside down so the top will go onto the cream and the middle, the part that was cut will again face up. Add some more cream.
- th layer, this will be the 2nd bottom part of the 2nd cake. Turn it upside down so the middle meets the cream and the bottom of the cake will be the top layer.
- Leave about two tablespoon of cream so it can be used for decor.
- Chop 1 3/4 cups chocolate waters.
- Grind or blend wafers until they are very fine.
- Generously cover the top of cake with the some wafers.
- Place the leftover cream in a small Ziploc, snip off an edge of the bag and drizzle atop cake. I just make zigzag lines sideways. I only wanted my top drizzled but you can do you sides as well or nothing at all.
- Some of the cream might have escaped onto the platter. With a spatula add it back onto the sides of the cake and cover the sides completely with the remaining wafers.
Nutrition Facts
Best Chocolate Cake Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 210 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 43mg14%
Sodium 317mg14%
Potassium 94mg3%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 19g21%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 205IU4%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 38mg4%
Iron 1.3mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This cake is one of my favorites from your blog. Very tasty. But today I noticed that the amounts of flour and baking soda are different in the print out format. Did you make the changes or that was an accident? I wonder if the 2 cups of flour instead of 1 2/3 cups (how it’s typed in the begining of recipe), will make batter too thick? And only 1.5 tsp of baking soda? Not 2?
Hi, Larisa. 🙂
Thanks so much for catching that. The updates are right (I fixed them all), I guess my brain wasn’t functioning right when I was making the changes (insert embarrassed emoji, hehe). I LOVE this cake as well. The pictures don’t do this cake justice. It’s amazing. <3 Thanks so much for being a part of our online family, we're blessed to have you.
Hi! I was wondering where you got the chocolate wafers from, and what kind did you use? Thanks 🙂
Hi Leah!!:) You can use any chocolate wafers, whatever your local grocery store carries. They’re usually in the cookies isle. They have them in vanilla, strawberry or chocolate. Voortman is a company that makes some. If for some reason you can’t find some, you can just do chocolate shavings instead. Happy Baking!!:)
Made this cake today for my sons B-day! Turned out very good. Thanks for great recipes.
Made this cake last night and finished it today, will try it tomorrow =) (Work in Progress)
I followed all the directions
but made a round cake instead of rectangular since I dont have a plate for it
And for one of the layers I made a strawberry sauce in a pan (tasted delicious). cant wait to try it =)))
Oh my that sounds delish. I actually prefer round cakes too=^)… You are making my mouth water…:):)..
For some reason my batter turned out so thick 🙁 I couldn’t even spread it in the pan. Do you know why that could have happened?
Irinka,
The batter is suppose to be really thick and you should be able to just spread it with a spatula. ;)..
Made the cake today. really yummy.
Oksana,
I’m glad you enjoyed it. :).:).
What a delightful cake!!! I love your recipes!
Nadia,
You’re too kind. Appreciate the comment:)..
wow why so much butter for the cream??? thats a lot!!!!! add suggestions i can substitute it with??
You use 1 1/2 cans of cooked condensed milk, if you use less it will be too runny. You can try using less but honestly with that much condensed milk you can’t taste the butter. This particular cake really won’t taste good with a different cream…
Hey Val, do u add any vinegar to baking soda?
Nope not in this cake..=)
Mmmm this cake looks yummy! Definitely adding it to my list of recipes to try!
i will be making this tonight! it looks so delicious! Good job with the blog by the way!!
Verka,
Let me know how you guys like it. And thanks for the comments. I can’t say I really know what I am fully doing on here but it’s a work in progress!!=)
whats it drizzled with
I just left a few tablespoons of the cream that I used and drizzled it with that.. =)