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Tomorrow is National Chocolate Cake Day - and in honor of this great holiday, I decided to prepare accordingly with this Chocolate Sprinkle Cake.

I know for most people this may not be a huge holiday, but for me, it's kind of a big deal. Cake has always been my favorite food. There is just something about the stacked layers and creamy frosting that make it impossible for me to resist. But it wasn't until last week that I realized how sick my obsession really is.

I spent the last week cleaning out my childhood home, and a good amount of that time was spent sitting on the floor of my mother's closet sorting through hundreds of family photos.

As I did this, I started to notice a recurring theme happening in my stack. Throughout my life, I am frequently photographed with cake. Sometimes I would be posing cutely with the cake like this...

And other times I was trying to sneak a second helping of cake while no one was watching...

Obviously stealthiness is not my strong suit because I was photographed doing this MULTIPLE times. So as you can imagine, National Chocolate Cake Day is a pretty exciting day in my house. Especially because this year it involves sprinkles!

This Chocolate Sprinkle Cake is a super easy buttermilk based chocolate cake piled high with a fluffy vanilla buttercream and you guessed it...a whole lot of sprinkles! It is the perfect way to celebrate such a wonderful National Holiday!

Cake recipe adapted from HERE. 

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Miranda L Nelson

I stumbled upon this recipe a few years ago,and this will actually be the third birthday I've celebrated where my sister has made this exact cake. She keeps asking if I want something different and this is way too good to change it now!

Johanna

Just wanted to thank you for this recipe! It’s become my favourite chocolate cake (and I LOVE chocolate in any form), so rich and moist! The recipe is very easy to follow and nice to have the grams as I think in metric and prefer to use my scales rather than volumes ????

Funo

I made this cake for my husband. It was my 1st time baking a cake & it turned out soo great, and delicious. I didnt use sprinkles but decorated the top with blueberries, strawberries and rasberries. It didnt look as professional as the one in the pic but everyone was super impressed. I'm in South Africa & we dont have AllPurpose flour so i used Cake flour instead & the Oz, Lbs also confuse me but it all turned out great!!!! For some reason the frosting was a lot..

Samira

This was just wonderful - my now 3 year old and I made it for his birthday yesterday and it was easy to follow and looked and tasted great! Thank you so much!

Janis

Hey! I´m from EU. Just want to ask if the gram are well checked... It happens to me that american recipes dont ´t work with grams the same. Did you try make this cake with grams? Thank you:)

Janna

This looks amazing! I just have a question about the frosting. You said it's a vanilla buttercream but it has cream cheese in it, does it have a strong cream cheese taste? Or is it more there for the texture? Thank you!

ernny

Hi, would it make any difference if I were to use instant coffee or black coffee?

Meg

This cake is AMAZING!! I made it for my sons birthday. Everyone thought it was purchased in a shop because it was so good. Even I can’t believe I made such a good cake. So moist and the icing was great. I reduced the icing sugar though to taste, my only change. So so so so good!

Kathy smith

Just want to check for the icing do I use for sticks of butter?

Tr

I don't have a stand mixture. What adjustments should I make?

Natalie K

Hello! Can I use three 9” pans ??

Sarah-Jean Murray

Hi! How tall are the cake pans you used?

Joyce Myers

Could this be baked as a sheet cake?

Sean Giles

Do you have the measurements for this cake in grams? Sorry I am not confident with cups! Thanks.

Rowena

Love this recipe. Baked this cake for my husband's birthday yesterday. Everyone at home loved it. Thank you sharing this recipe :)

Tanya

Hi Lindsay! I baked this cake for a cousin's birthday. The cake was moist as I had wanted it to be. I gave the cake a very thin frosting layer on the inside and outside and topped it with chocolate because my cousin loves it. I added the sprinkles to the side just to add some color. The cake was an instant hit and has now become one of my go to recipes for chocolate cake. Cheers to many more great recipes from your blog!

Annie Theresa

How do i get a sprinkle for my cake?cn i cut out sprinkles by my self?or i cn buy dem

Alma

can you please tell me how big is cake mold?

Amena

Hi there, Wondering if fresh strawberries in the layers of perhaps a jam would suit this cake?

Fran

This might be a silly question. The coffee should already be made before adding to the cake mix, correct?

Fran Teran

When putting the coffee do we mix the coffee in hot water to mix? If so how much water do we add for the coffee

Helen

Hi, I'm thinking of baking this cake for my daughter's birthday. Is it possible to leave out the coffee?

Charlene

Hello! I can't wait to try this recipe! I was just wondering, why do you use the paddle attachment for whipping buttercream and not the whisk? I've always used the whisk, but I'm not much of an experienced baker, so wondering the reasons for the paddle.

Andrea

I made the cake and it was so so good and easy to make my daughter loved eating all the sprinkles that would fall off when i was pressing them to the cake im pretty sure its my new good to chocolate cake i used the little ball like sprinkles looked great! And no one thought the icing was to sweet which it always one of my worries cant wait to try more reipces! Sorry for such a long comment lol

Andrea

How far in advance can I make the cake

Kristine

Happy National Chocolate Cake day! Loved the childhood pictures and the cake stand you used for the sprinkle cake. The cake looks beautiful and so yummy!