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Chocolate Cake with White Icing

Depression Cake

A.k.a Wacky Cake or Crazy Cake
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Ingredients
  

Cake Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups organic flour
  • 1 cup organic sugar
  • 1/3 cup organic cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 tsp vegan vanilla
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar
Frosting Ingredients
  • 1 stick plant butter, softened
  • 2 1/2 cups organic powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vegan vanilla
  • 1-2 Tbsp water

Method
 

Cake Instructions
  1. Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl. Whisk to mix well.
  2. Make 3 wells in the dry ingredients. Put olive oil in one of the wells, vanilla in one of the wells, and vinegar in the last well.
  3. Pour water over all and quickly whisk to mix thoroughly.
  4. Pour into greased 8x8 or 9x9 pan and bake for 25 minutes at 350°, or until toothpick tests clean. Cool to room temperature before icing the cake.
Frosting Instructions
  1. Put plant butter in a mixing bowl. Sift powdered sugar into the bowl.
  2. Add vanilla and 1 Tbsp of water. Mix with a hand mixer, adding more water if needed.
  3. Spread on cooled cake.

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