This is make my favorite chocolate cake. It’s actually a depression era chocolate cake. Depression era chocolate cakes generally do not have egg and include really simple ingredients. The beauty of this cake is the simplicity. And the taste of this chocolate cake will blow you away. I sometimes add some mini chocolate chips to make it even more decadent.
Ingredients
- Ingredients for the Cake
3 Cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
6 Tbsp Cocoa powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 Tbsp melted butter
2 Tsp vanilla extract
2 Cups room temp water
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- Ingredients for the Frosting
3 Cups of powdered sugar
1 1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup salted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 water
Directions
- Directions for the cake
- Preheat the over to 375 degrees. Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans
- In a large bowl combine, flour, sugar, salt, cocoa powder, baking soda. Mix well.
- Add melted butter, vanilla and room temp water. Mix well until combined.
- Add apple cider vinegar.
- Pour batter into cake pans and bake for 25 minutes at 375 degrees or until a toothpick comes clean when inserted into the cake.
- Directions for the Frosting
- Combine powdered sugar, cocoa powder in a mixing bowl
- Add vanilla extract and butter
- little bit at a time, add the water, stirring to combine until the icing becomes spreadable
- Directions for assembly of the cake
- Once the cake has cooled, use a bread knife to slice the rounded top of the cake off
- Place the cakes on a rack in the freezer for 6 to 12 hours, overnight is really best, as the cakes are easier to frost when they are cold.
- Remove the cakes from the freezer and place one layer on a cake plate. Add some frosting to the top of the first layer. Using a spreader, spread out the frosting until it forms one thin layer. Once you're happy with the layer, place the 2nd layer on top of the first.
- Using the rest of the frosting, cover the top and sides of the cake. I think it's easier to use more frosting than less, that way you do not run the risk of breaking the cake apart.
- Once the cake is completely covered, serve with some pretty desert plates.
