Ingredients
Equipment
Instructions
Preheat Oven & Prepare Pan:
- Preheat your oven to 175°C (350°F).
- Important: You do not need to grease or flour the baking pan. A suggested pan size is an 8x8-inch (20x20 cm) square pan or a 9-inch (23 cm) round cake pan or any medium size pan of your choice.
Combine Dry Ingredients in Pan:
- Directly into the ungreased baking pan, add the all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, vanilla powder and salt.1½ Cup All-purpose Flour, ½ Cup Sugar, 3 Tbsp Cocoa powder, 1 Tsp Baking soda, 1 Tsp Vanilla powder, ½ Tsp Salt
- Using a whisk or a fork, stir the dry ingredients to combine them together. Ensure there are no lumps.
Create the Wells:
- Next, using your fingers or the back of a spoon, make three separate "wells" (indentations) in the dry mixture: one larger well in the middle, and two smaller wells, one on each side of the center well.
Add Wet Ingredients to Wells:
- Pour the water into the large center well.1 Cup Cold Water
- Pour the white vinegar into one of the smaller wells.1 Tbsp White vinegar
- Pour the vegetable oil into the other small well.5 Tbsp Vegetable oil
- Optional: If using vanilla extract, you can add it to the center water well.
Mix the Batter:
- Using the whisk or a fork, begin stirring the ingredients together directly in the pan. Start from the wells and gradually incorporate the surrounding dry ingredients.
- Continue to mix until the batter is smooth and well combined, making sure to scrape into the corners of the pan to ensure all dry bits are incorporated. Do not overmix, just mix until smooth.
Bake the Cake:
- Place the baking pan directly into the preheated oven.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a wooden skewer or cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool completely in the pan before serving, slicing, or frosting.
Nutrition
Notes
You can add some chopped walnuts to the batter or some chocolate chips of your choice.
Serving suggestions:
Ice the top of the cake with frosting, powdered sugar, favorite chocolate spread or leave it plain.