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Busy-Day Chocolate Cake

Busy-Day Chocolate Cake

This chocolate cake recipe from Lucinda Scala Quinn's "Mad Hungry" cookbook involves minimal cleanup -- the ingredients are blended in the very pan that goes into the oven.

Everyday Food, November 2009 http://www.marthastewart.com/285355/busy-day-chocolate-cake
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  • Yield Serves 8

Ingredients

    • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, (spooned and leveled)
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
    • 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
    • 1 cup cold water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In an 8-inch square baking pan, whisk together all-purpose flour, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and coarse salt.
  2. Make a well in center of flour mixture and add vegetable oil, pure vanilla extract, white vinegar, and cold water. Whisk until well combined. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

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