Ingredients:
- All Purpose Flour – 2 cups
- Sugar – 1 + 1/3rd cup
- Eggs – 3 large
- Unsweetened Cocoa (Hersheys) – 1/2 cup
- Baking soda – 1 tea spoon
- Baking powder – 3/4th tea spoon
- Salt – 1/2 tea spoon (we used raw in the sugar)
- Buttermilk – 3/4th cup (or you can use 3/4 cup milk + lemon)
- Warm water – 3/4th cup
- Vegetable oil – 1/4th cup
- Butter – 1/4th cup
- Vanilla extract – 1 tea spoon
Instructions:
- Beat eggs till they are frothy
- Add vegetable oil, butter, vanilla extract, buttermilk, warm water and mix with the egg beater
- Add sugar and continue to beat with the beater till it is well mixed liquid
- Mix flour, coco powder, baling soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl with a spoon
- Slowly while mixing the batter, add the flour mix to the batter through a sifter
- Mix with the electric cake batter mixer for at least 4 – 5 mins
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Put it in the baking tray and bake for 35 – 40 mins. If you are making cup cakes, it will only take 30 mins.
- Check it with a tooth pick, if the cake is sticky from inside, you make need to keep it for 5 more minutes.
Your cup cakes are ready!