Name: Easy Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 2 1/2 tbs sugar; 2 1/2 tbs cocoa powder; 1 1/2 cup plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 3 tsp white vinegar; 3 1/2 tbs oil; 1 cup lukewarm water

by abrarose Last updated on 07/09/2019

A wonderfully easy cake for the kids to make. - abrarose

Ingredients

2 1/2 tbs sugar
2 1/2 tbs cocoa powder
1 1/2 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 tsp white vinegar
3 1/2 tbs oil
1 cup lukewarm water

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C.
Step 2

Stir all dry ingredients in a non-stick 20 cm wide x 5 cm high cake pan.
Step 3

Make three holes in the dry ingredients.
Step 4

In one hole add vanilla essence, in the second hole add vinegar and in the third hole add vegetable oil.
Step 5

Pour the lukewarm water over all the ingredients .
Step 6

Stir gently with a wooden spoon until completely mixed but do not beat.
Step 7

Bake in oven for 20 minutes or until a wooden skewer pulls clean from the middle of the cake.
Step 8

Cool slightly before removing to a wire rack.
Step 9

Can be iced when cold.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

If I am making this with really little kids and they want to stir the mixture I make it in a bowl first and then we pour it into the cake pan otherwise it goes everywhere in their enthusiasm. Use vegetable oil.