Chocolate Depression Cake
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This recipe is adapted from Budget Bytes. It’s a quickbread-esque cake that comes together quickly. Serve with a dusting of powder sugar (after cooled) or make a simple glaze.
The cake tastes like box mix. Given the simplicity, this is a huge compliment.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Ratio | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | - | 90 |
| Sugar | 85% | 100 g |
| Cocoa | 22% | 20 g |
| Salt | 1.5% | 1.25 g |
| Baking soda | 3% | 2.5 g |
| Water | 133% | 120 g |
| Oil | 28% | 25 g |
| White vinegar | 3% | 2.5 g |
| Vanilla extract | 3 % | 2.5 g |
- Substitute water for coffee
- Can use any type vinegar, it’s primarily there for modifying pH and reacting leavening
Technique
- Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
- Mix wet ingredients together in another bowl.
- Mix wet into the dry, half at a time. Keep mixing until no clumps remaining.
- Pour into greased baking pan.
- Bake at 175 C (350 F) for 20-25 min.
- Cake is done when toothpick comes out clean and the top springs back when poked.