Old-Fashioned Wacky Cake
Description
This old-fashioned wacky cake recipe is made with flour, sugar, oil, vinegar, and cold water, topped with a sweet chocolate frosting.
Ingredients
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2 1/4 cups cake flour
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1 1/2 cups white sugar
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4 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
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3/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 cup vegetable oil
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1 1/2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
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1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 1/2 cups water
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1/4 cup butter
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1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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4 cups confectioners' sugar
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4 tablespoons milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 pinch salt
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x9-inch cake pan.
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Mix flour, white sugar, 4 ½ tablespoons cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Pour dry ingredients into the prepared pan. Scoop out 3 holes in the dry mixture with a spoon: add vegetable oil, vinegar, and 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla individually in each hole. Stir in cold water over top until smooth.
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Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
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To make the frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat: add cocoa. Off heat, stir in salt, milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix in confectioners' sugar until your desired consistency. Spread over hot cake.