Depression Cake
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Chocolate Crazy Cake
This chocolate crazy cake is also called the Depression cake because there is no eggs used in it!
What ingredients do I need to make a depression cake?
- All-purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- White vinegar
- Vanilla extract
- Vegetable oil
- Water
- Chocolate frosting
- Leftover cake can be kept in the refrigerator for up to five days or frozen for up to three months.
- I used store-bought chocolate frosting, but homemade is a great choice. Or dust the cake with powdered sugar.
Depression Cake
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- Chocolate frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a 9×13-inch baking dish by spraying with non-stick cooking spray; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Make a large well in the center of the mixture and two small wells next to the large well. This is to keep the wet ingredients separate until all mixed together.
- In one small well add the vinegar, in another small well add the vanilla, and in the large well add the vegetable oil.
- Pour the water into the mixing bowl and immediately stir to combine all of the ingredients together.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool the cake completely to room temperature then frost with the frosting of your choice.
