quick & easy chocolate cake

Name: Quick & Easy Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: cake ingredients:; 1-1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1/4 cup(s) hershey's special dark cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; additional cake ingredients:; 1 cup(s) cool water; 6 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon(s) distilled white vinegar 5% acidity; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; frosting ingredients:; 4 tablespoon(s) butter, softened; 2 cup(s) powdered sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) hershey's special dark cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

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Cindi Marie Bauer

Marshfield, WI

Updated on Sep 14, 2021

My husband and I enjoy this delicious easy to make chocolate cake. No butter or eggs were needed to make this cake. And yes it's quite delicious!

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Photo of the cake which I cut into servings on a paper plate.

prep time 30 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

yield 12 servings

Ingredients

cake ingredients:
1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup hershey's special dark cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
additional cake ingredients:
1 cup cool water
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar 5% acidity
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
frosting ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons hershey's special dark cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make quick & easy chocolate cake

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Step 2

Grease the inside of an 8x8-inch square cake pan. Then set pan aside.
Step 3

In a medium size bowl sift together, the cake ingredients, then set the bowl aside.
Step 4

In a measuring cup, which holds 2 cups, combine the water, vegetable oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract.
Step 5

Add liquid ingredients into bowl, and gently stir until there are no lumps. (Stir for about 30 seconds.)
Step 6

Pour into baking pan, and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Step 7

Cool the cake completely in the pan, then frost the cake. Sprinkle a few decorative Rainbow Jimmies on top of the frosting. (I then place the frosted cake in the refrigerator so the frosting will firm up.) Then cut the cake, and serve.
Step 8

Additional note: I always cover the cake after I place it in the refrigerator.
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