C and R made this cake with very little help from me. I liked that it was all mixed and baked in the same pan. C liked it with whipped cream on top; R asked for powdered sugar, but she didn't like the cake. I thought it was okay, not my favorite cake recipe; I swear I could taste the vinegar. The kids had fun making it though.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached white flour
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar or white vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Have ready an 8-inch-square glass baking pan.
- Put flour, cocoa, sugar, salt and baking soda into a pan.
- Mix it together.
- Add water, oil, vanilla extract and vinegar.
- Stir slowly with a fork in small circles to blend. As it becomes a batter, mash, scrape, and stir with fork and spoon until smooth.
- Scrape the sides with a rubber spatula, and spread it evenly.
- Clean the edges, and then bake for 30 minutes.
- Cool before cutting into squares. This tastes good (and looks pretty) with some powdered sugar dusted on top.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Cooking time: 30 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 8
7 comments:
That is so weird that it calls for vinegar. I bet you did taste it. I've heard people use it for cleaning, but the smell is too nasty to me!
This looks like a great activity...we are going to have to try this!
I wonder if you could leave the vinegar out?
It does look yummy. I like recipes that don't require a lot of work!
It seems like I use to have a one pan cake recipe. I don't remember it calling for vinegar. I will have to see if I can find it.
How cool is it that they are starting to cook on their own! It looks like it should taste wonderful.
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You know, this is the same recipe I'd had on hand to make a moon cake with for our Owl Moon row but we never got around to it. Maybe for the best if you say you could taste the vinegar--ewww. I wondered why it called for it. I thought the fact that it was mixed in the pan you baked it in was a great idea too and so easy for kids!
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