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quick & easy chocolate cake

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Recipe by
Cindi Marie Bauer
@DomesticGoddess
Marshfield, WI

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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yield 12 servings
prep time 30 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For quick & easy chocolate cake

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

How To Make quick & easy chocolate cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350° F.
  • 2
    Grease the inside of an 8x8-inch square cake pan. Then set pan aside.
  • 3
    In a medium size bowl sift together, the cake ingredients, then set the bowl aside.
  • 4
    In a measuring cup, which holds 2 cups, combine the water, vegetable oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract.
  • 5
    Add liquid ingredients into bowl, and gently stir until there are no lumps. (Stir for about 30 seconds.)
  • 6
    Pour into baking pan, and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • 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.
  • 8
    Additional note: I always cover the cake after I place it in the refrigerator.
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