Chocolate Cake
Sometimes known as "Wacky" or "Depression" CakeServes 9
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour all-purpose
- 3 Tbsp. cocoa unsweetened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. white vinegar
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 5 Tbsp. avocado oil or other neutral oil
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease an 8×8 baking dish
- Mix first 5 dry ingredients in large bowl
- Make 3 depressions in dry ingredients – two small, one larger.
- Pour vinegar in one depression, vanilla in the other and the oil in third larger depression. Pour water over all. Mix well until smooth.
- Pour into prepared pan
- Bake on middle rack of oven for 35 minutes. Check with toothpick to make sure it comes out clean. Cool.
- Note: Oven baking times may vary, be sure to check your cake to make sure you do not over bake.
Do you realize you didn’t mention anything about the applesauce in the instructions?
She did in the 2nd to the last bullet.
Yes she does, look at number 5 listed in the instructions
It’s there. It says to add oil and applesauce in 3rd depression.
She does at point 5 she says oil and applesauce together
Yes she did. Please reread.
Thank you for sharing! My homeschool daughter will be making this for our family today.
I made this for my husband’s Birthday. We warmed it up a bit, and topped it with a point friendly vanilla ice cream, some SF Hot Fudge, and FF Reddi-wip. It was delicious! Thanks, Joan! 💙