The Easiest Chocolate Cake

A chocolate muffin dusted with powdered sugar on a pink background.

The Easiest Chocolate Cake

This is the cake you make when you when chocolate cake and you want it now. There's no butter to cream, no egg whites to beat, nope, you just dump everything together and bake.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 430 kcal

Equipment

oven

Ingredients

1½ C. all-purpose flour
⅓ C. cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
1 C. granulated sugar
1/2 C. vegetable oil
1 C. cold coffee or water
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 C. chocolate chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375˚F/ 190˚C.
In a large bowl, sift together dry ingredients.
Separately mix wet ingredients EXCEPT vinegar. Add liquid to dry stir until smooth.
Add vinegar and chocolate chips and mix to combine. Do not over mix, there will be streaks of vinegar.
Spray a 9" round baking pan with cooking spray or line muffin tins with paper liners. Pour in the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Muffins will take ~20 minutes.

Notes

Makes 1, 9" cake or 18 cupcakes.
Unless it's a special occasion, I usually skip frosting this cake because the chocolate chips add just the right amount of extra sweetness.

Nutrition

Calories: 430kcalCarbohydrates: 69gProtein: 7gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 13gSodium: 292mgPotassium: 215mgFiber: 4gSugar: 30gCalcium: 21mgIron: 3mg

Keyword cake, chocolate cake, cupcakes, dessert, easy meals, fast meals, vegan

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