Wacky chocolate cake
The deliciously perfect wacky chocolate cake is one of the easiest, even for a beginner. This moist layered chocolate cake with a basic buttercream frosting is what we have attempted today, and just in time for world chocolate day!
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 45 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Dessert, Sweets and savories
Cuisine Baking, International, One pot, Vegan, Vegetarian
Dry ingredient mix
- 3 ½ cups wholemeal flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp baking powder
Wet ingredients
- ¾ cups cooking oil unflavoured
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp instant coffee powder
- 2 cups hot water
For the buttercream
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 1 cup butter
- ½ tbsp milk
- ½ drop vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Preheat oven to 170°C.
Prepare 2 cake pans, grease and dust the pan or line with parchment paper.
Whisk together the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt) in a large bowl.
Create three wells in the mixture.
In one well, add the vinegar. In the second add the vanilla. To the third, add the oil.
In a seperate cup mix the coffee with a cup of hot water.
Pour the hot coffee over the entire mixture. Now add one more cup hot water.
Gently fold the batter until it is combined and no dry bits remain.
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.
Bake for 45 minutes or until you insert a toothpick into the centre of the cake and it comes out clean.
Remove cakes from the oven and cool them on a cooling rack.
After the cake is cooled, wrap the cake and place it in the refrigerator.
To assemble the cake
Place one of the chilled chocolate cakes on a turn table (make-shift plate on a cup)
Add a large scoop of the buttercream and spread evenly.
Place the second cake on the frosted first.
Now ice the second cake.
Once the tops are done, use the rest of the buttercream to cover the sides.
We have just added some chocolate shavings on top. You can use sprinkles, chocolate beads or cookie crumbs too!
The cake is now ready to be devoured. Enjoy!
Keyword chocolate recipes, christmas recipes, Winter warmers