Simple Chocolate Cake Recipe
This simple chocolate cake recipe is a delicious dessert with marshmallows and chocolate frosting. It's one of the best chocolate cake recipes out there, and it's perfect for any time of year including holidays, an after dinner dessert, or coffee with friends. The easy cake recipe will feed a crowd and is a chocolate-lovers delight.
Servings: 24 pieces
Calories: 338kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup melted butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- t tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 10 oz. bag mini marshmallows
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cake
- Preheat oven to 350-degrees.
- Grease and flour a 10" x 15" jelly roll pan.
- Add the melted butter to a medium-sized bowl.
- Next, add the sugar and mix well.
- Now, add the eggs, one at a time, and mix well.
- Add the cocoa and mix together.
- Add the flour, salt, and vanilla and mix.
- Finally, add the chopped pecans and fold into the mix. Pour the batter onto the jelly roll pan and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
- Once the cake cooks, add the marshmallows on top and place back in the oven for five minutes.
- Remove from oven and set aside.
- Frosting
- Add the butter and milk to a saucepan on medium heat.
- Once the butter melts, add the cocoa and vanilla. Mix together until all of the lumps are gone.
- Pour over powdered sugar and mix together.
- Finally, pour over the chocolate cake and marshmallows and let cool.
- Serve!
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 338kcal | Carbohydrates: 46g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 188mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g