Absurdly Easy Chocolate Cake

[Michael]

Absurdly Easy Chocolate Cake by Boutell.Com
Category: Desserts - Cakes

This recipe is suitable for a: vegetarian/vegan diet.


Ingredients:
-----------------------------------------------------
3 cups flour (680 grams)
2 cups sugar (450 grams)
6 tablespoons cocoa (100 grams)
2 teaspoons baking soda (10 cc's = 10 ml)
1 teaspoon salt (5 cc's = 5 ml)
3/4 cup vegetable oil (200 cc's)
2 tablespoon vinegar (30 cc's)
2 teaspoon vanilla (10 cc's)
2 cup cold water (480 cc's)


Instructions:
-----------------------------------------------------
Mix the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients. Stir until smooth. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Makes two layers of a two-layer 9-inch or 8-inch round cake, or one small sheet cake. When cool, frost it.


Additional comments:
-----------------------------------------------------
Copyright 2000 by M. L. Grant.



For a printable version of this recipe click the post # in the upper right hand corner.
You can rate this recipe using the drop-down menu in the upper right hand corner.

[tkrk]

I liked this cake, but I added two more teaspoons onf cocoa.I used PETA's wicked vegan fudge recipe as icing, I thought it was reaaly good.

[natalieG]

what does the vingar do in this recipe? what whould happen if i lefted it out??

[tkrk]

I wondered that also, however I still use it. I don't know wthat the vinegar's function is in this cake, but this cake has been the most moist cahe I have ever made. The reason why I use more cocoa than the recipe calls for is because I was still able to smell the vinegar and that concerned me, and because I am a choc-o-holic! LOL Seriously though, I tasted no vinegar flavor.

[DannyKass]

Nonono.

Must.resist.urge.to.bake.cake.or.will.be.sick.

[colorful]

This is the chocolate cake recipe my parents used when we were in Africa - but we called it "Wacky Cake". I love that it's naturally vegan with no need for egg replacer or anything like that. In Africa, we used it because we could only drive 4 hours to the next town to shop for things like eggs and milk once a month, so generally we didn't have them.

I love how moist this cake is, and stays even days later.

[Blue Plastic Straw]

The vinegar in this recipe is absolutely essential and cannot be left out. It reacts with the baking soda to provide leavening for the cake. You will be able to smell the vinegar when you mix up the batter but the cake won't taste like it after it's done.

colorful: My family also called this Wacky Cake. My mom used to make it and pack it in our lunches when I was a kid.

[Rie]

Anyone know if this would work as cupcakes?

[IamJen]

Yep...we used basically this same recipe at work to make cupcakes with the kiddos.

Mmmmm, chocolate.

[missleigh]

I tried this recipe as cupcakes this morning, and it worked fine. It would have worked better had I not overcooked them, though. If you do cupcakes, keep your eye on them after about 20 minutes.