Chocolate Wacky Cake with Fudge Frosting

By srumbel

Chocolate wacky cake. Dense, rich, and loaded with chocolate! Also known as a “depression cake,” this cake contains no eggs, milk, or butter. It is also the first cake that I ever made from scratch.
From a kitchen addiction

Ingredients

• For the Cake
• 3 C all-purpose flour
• 2 C sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/3 C unsweetened baking cocoa
• 2 C water
• 3 tbsp canola oil
• 2 tbsp white vinegar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• For the Frosting
• 1 1/2 C sugar
• 3 tbsp unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1/3 C milk
• 1/3 C butter
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

1.Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray a 9×13 cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.
2.Sift together flour, sugar, salt, soda, and baking cocoa into a large bowl. If you have a small sifter, just whisk the dry ingredients together thoroughly. Set aside.
3.In a medium bowl, stir together wet ingredients. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir until completely combined.
4.Pour batter into cake pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove for oven to a wire rack to cool completely.
5.When cake is cool, prepare frosting.
6.In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, baking cocoa, milk, and butter. Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat. Boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent scorching.
7.Remove from heat. Add vanilla and beat until glossy and frosting starts to thicken.
8.Pour frosting over the top and smooth across top of cake with the back of a spoon. Frosting will harden as it cools, so it is important that you work quickly.