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Your Next Chocolate Cake Needs Some Help From This Pantry Staple By Erica Martinez Nov. 5, 2025 1:00 pm EST

Of all the classic and creative flavors of cakes, there may not be one as exciting as chocolate. Chocolate cake is all at once symbolic of celebration, comfort, and indulgence, and is arguably universally pleasing. There are several unconventional ways to amplify a standard recipe, like adding mayonnaise and coffee for unparalleled moisture and depth of flavor. To expand on the matter, we spoke to Vivian Villa, the chef and founder of Unbutter , which makes amazing plant-based butters. She relies on an acidic condiment normally associated with savory foods to amplify her chocolate cake creations: vinegar.

Villa offered, "The acidity in vinegar reacts wit

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