Easy Chocolate Cake

No milk, no eggs and no butter. There is a video in regards to this chocolate cake floating around the internet and I wanted to give it a try. This is quite truly the simplest of cakes. You can whip it up in a cake tin, as the video suggests, however I did use a bowl. I added about 2 to 3 teaspoons of rose extract to give the cake a subtle rose flavour. I made a simple chocolate butter cream icing, to ice the cake and then decorated it with edible rose petals. Which is perfect, for a pre Valentine's Day treat. The cake itself was moist and not to heavy and had a delightful fudge taste. 

Easy Chocolate Cake

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1 1/2 cups flour

3 tablespoons good quality cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup caster sugar

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Pre-heat the oven to 350ºF. 

Mix everything together in a round or square non-stick cake tin, until combine. ** If you are not using a non-stick cake pan then grease and flour the inside of the cake tin, both bottom and sides, then place a piece of parchment paper inside the bottom of the prepared pan. This helps to release the cake more easily and prevents sticking. 

Then create 3 wells and in each pour...

1 teaspoon white vinegar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

5 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 cup of water

Blend and mix well.

Bake in a preheated 350ºF oven for 35 minutes. Allow cake to cool completely. Icing or leave plain dressed with fresh fruit. Slice and serve.  

And this is what the cake looked like released from the tin. Lovely form, springy and a nice rich chocolate tone. It is perfect as is, however icing just added that finishing touch and the rose petals on top enhanced the rose flavour.  

The snow is falling today. Hope everyone had a great weekend, we did! - JD