This cake recipe I found going through my grandmother’s recipe books. This recipe was written in old handwriting in a book dated 1923. It is a family hit and I get begged to make it for every family get-together. You can’t go wrong with this one! I updated the recipe a bit to my own tastes but it still holds to its origins. This is a NO EGG recipe! Yeah!
This old-fashioned chocolate cake is made with staple pantry ingredients so you can whip it up whenever a chocolate craving hits. It reminds us of the wacky cakes from the Depression Era. The cake is tender with fantastic chocolate flavor. On top is a chocolate cream cheese frosting that adds richness to the cake. We had just enough frosting to cover a double-layered cake. If you like more frosting on your cake, we’d suggest doubling the frosting recipe. Also, there are no eggs in this cake. So, it is a good recipe for someone with an egg allergy.
PREP TIME : 20 Min
COOK TIME : 25 Min
METHOD : Convection Oven
Ingredients
- 3 call-purpose flour
- 2 csugar, white
- 1/3 cbaking cocoa
- 2 tspbaking soda
- 1 tspsalt
- 2 cwater
- 3/4 cI use vegetable oil or coconut oil (updated from original)
- 2 tspvanilla extract, I use pure and a tad less on measure
- 2 tspvinegar
- MY CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 1 pkgcream cheese, softened (8 oz)
- 1/4 cbutter, you can use margarine in a pinch but use butter!
- 2 cconfectioners’ sugar
- 1/3 cbakers cocoa (I love Hershey’s but use what you like)
- dashsalt
- 3 Tbspmilk
- 1/2 tspvanilla extract
How To Make
1In a mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients (The first five.)
2Add the water, oil, vanilla, and vinegar.
3Mix well (batter will be thin).
4Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch pan or 2 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely.
5Once the cake has cooled make the frosting. For frosting, in a mixing bowl mix cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar together until creamy.
6Add cocoa, salt, vanilla, and milk. Mix until creamy. Then frost your cooled cake and enjoy!
7NOTE: For the frosting, sometimes I melt the butter and mix it with wet ingredients in a bowl prior to adding it to the mixer. I found it makes it come out fantastic!
