One-Bowl Chocolate Cake

I always like easy-baking recipes, especially when it comes to baking a cake. I have this easy recipe and have been making it all the time to entertain surprise guests who show up unexpectedly. This cake is moist, and the frosting is very much up to what ingredients each cook have on hand. This recipe’s simple frosting is water frosting, which is just powdered sugar with water or chocolate frosting. In this recipe, I will include the easy chocolate frosting. Every time I bake this cake reminds me of some of the 100-year-old cake recipes that our grandmothers and great grand mothers must have baked for churches a long time ago with very few tools and ingredients.

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 cup good cocoa powder

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup milk (I use whole milk)

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup hot water

2 eggs, lightly beaten

Chocolate frosting ingredients:

3 oz. baking chocolate

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

1 stick butter

Directions:

Grease and flour a 13” x 9” cake pan.

Sift the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.

Add sugar to flour and mix well.

Add eggs, milk, oil, and water.

Use a handheld beater to beat aforementioned ingredients until just combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan

Bake in a preheated oven set to 350° for 30 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Let cool completely before frosting.

While the cake is baking, place chocolate in a bowl over gently simmering water to melt the chocolate. Remove from heat. Put butter in a medium bowl and beat until fluffy. Sift in the powdered sugar until smooth. Add melted chocolate and beat together until well mixed. Spread the frosting on top of the cake.