Easy,Moist Chocolate cake

Hey Whiskers,
I'm back with a super simple easy dessert this time. Chocolate cake, now who doesn't like a good easy chocolate cake. Now I'm not a huge fan of frosting ( I know I'm crazy) so I made an easy chocolate glaze to pour-over. I love this recipe as it’s super simple and can even be made in the cake tin. I made it in a bundt pan and it was no mess and super simple. The glaze is just three ingredients-- now if I were you I would make it four and add some instant coffee, my family just has issues with coffee so I can't add it to my baking. This is a fun recipe to make with kids as they can make the wells in the dry ingredients and then help you mix. This recipe comes from WW2 when they had shortages in butter and the like so they had to make do with whatever they were rationed. I happen to love these types of recipes as they taste delicious and give you a sense of what they were given in US kitchens. Give this deliciously moist cake a go and let me know how it tastes. I recommend making this in a bundt pan or a very large cake pan or two cake pans it makes a lot of batter. I poked holes when I made this in a long pan to let the glaze get through the cake, it was nice but not necessary.

Till next time keep cool and serving up delicious food to make the world a better place
Sam

Serving size: 12

Ingredients
Cake

• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

• 1/2 cup cocoa (unsweetened)

• 3 cups white sugar

• 3 teaspoon baking soda

• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 3 teaspoon white vinegar

• 3 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

• 0.9 cup (75 mL) vegetable oil

• 3 cup (240 mL) water

Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 1/4 cup cocoa powder

• About 4 tablespoons soy milk or any liquid you want

How To:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 C).

2. Mix the first 5 dry ingredients in a greased 8" (20 cm) square baking pan. 

3. Make 3 depressions in the dry ingredients - two small, one larger. 

4. Pour vinegar in one small depression, vanilla in the other, and vegetable oil in the third larger depression. Pour water over it all. Mix well until smooth. (Yes, all this right in the baking dish!)

5. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 35 minutes. Check with a toothpick to make sure it comes out clean. Cool. 

6. While the cake is cooling mix the powdered sugar, cocoa, and soy milk till you create the consistency you like to work with

7. Drizzle or cover cake completely as you like, serve.