Got last minute company coming over and want to serve some coffee and cake? Something homemade? Here is a quick and easy answer, with ingredients that most of the time you should have on hand. I decorated this cake with powdered sugar, but this dessert also lends itself to a number of accompaniments, like ice cream, fresh fruit, whipped cream, your favorite frosting …. experiment and enjoy. It also happens to be cholesterol-free and vegan!
Quick and easy chocolate cake (from The Milk-Free Kitchen)
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and grease a 9″ round pan.
Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together into a bowl. Measure the brown sugar and add it. Stir the dry ingredients well. Mix the oil, water, and vanilla together, and add them to the dry ingredients and stir until just blended. Turn the batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 30 minutes. Makes 8 servings.
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I added some cinnamon and it was excellent
Glad you liked it!
I make this cake all the time! It’s so easy and healthy, and it makes my vegan friends happy. Thanks for posting!
I made this cake and it turned out to be really tasty! It takes only the basic ingredients and the recipe is super easy to follow.
My attempt! Perfect solution to a last minute baking crisis when you need a cake but have no time! Thank you!
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Looks great!
can i change brown sugar with raw sugar?
how you make that beautiful decorating from powder sugar?
I don’t think using raw sugar would create a problem. Go for it. The powdered sugar decoration is made by cutting holes and designs in a paper doily. Just used my imagination. It never comes out the same twice!
i tried it with raw sugar and caster sugar. and change the cocoa powder with chocolate powder, but it’s still delicious
thanks for the recipe
So happy!
I made this last night and all of it’s already gone! It was good but don’t make the mistake I did and forget to sift the flour. It comes out more doughy than I would’ve expected (but it’s my own fault)! It was delicious!
My daughter tried the receipe it’s delicious
This cake is so delicious. I never thought such an easy and simple recipe could yield such a great cake. Thank you so much!
Hola, soy chileno. En este momento la receta se está transformando en el horno. En unos minutos veremos cómo quedó.
Hi. I’m from Chile. The recipe is right now in process of conversion in the oven. Soon we’ll see the results!
Ya, lo sacamos del horno. Ahora a esperar que se enfríe para probarlo. Quedó muy parecido al de la foto y también muy esponjoso.
The cake is ready and is already out of the oven. As it gets colder, we taste it. It is like to the picture’s cake and very foamy.
¡¡¡¡Delicioso!!!! Muchas gracias por compartir esta receta.
Delicious!!!! Thank you very much for sharing this recipe.
I am so glad you liked it! Gracias!
could i make this without the cocoa powder??
It wouldn’t be chocolate cake without the powder, that’s what I’m thinking.
I made cupcakes with this recipe. I added dark chocolate chips and everyone loved them- thanks so much!
This is GREAT!!! My kids LOVE it
Thank you so much for sharing!
my grandama did not enjoy the cake however me the vegan loved it!
The cake was very good:)
I made this cake but I added a full tsp of vanilla for taste. This cake went really fast!
Glad you liked it. Everything tastes better with vanilla!
I’ve heard this is a great recipe. I was wondering could i use dark brown sugar and it have no effect or should i use light brown sugar?
I really don’t think dark or light brown sugar should matter. Let me know how it comes out!