Monday, November 24, 2008

Eggless Chocolate Cake!

Well we ran out of eggs the other day. And as we haven't been paid yet we didn't run out and buy more eggs. And at the same time I wanted a chocolate cake :) Now I had never up to this point made a cake from scratch, it was always easier to use the box mixes. And as I had recently found a dairy free, hydrogenation free cake mix I didn't really feel the need to learn to make cakes from scratch...but box mixes require eggs....
Solution found!!

This is an amazing cake! Not overly sweet or chocolate-y but really good with frosting. I also made it in an 8x8 square pan so it was more dense and moist than would have been in a 9x13-as the recipe calls for. :)

Ingredients:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 tbls unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup oil
2 cups water
2 tbls white vinegar
2 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven: 350 degrees

Grease and flour either 9x13 or 8x8 pan (or cupcake pan, etc)

In 1 bowl combine the dry ingredients together. In another bowl combine the wet ingredients. Pour the liquid into the dry ingredients. Mix by hand or with mixer until smooth.

Pour into greased & floured pan. You can level the batter and get rid of air bubbles by picking up and dropping the pan on the counter top (only like an inch high).

Bake for 20-25 min, or until toothpick comes out clean from the center.

1 comment:

E.Marie said...

It was yummy! :D

(I didn't know you were blogging again... hehe see what hapens when I'm killing time I discover fun things.)