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Basic Chocolate Cake


  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: Makes 24 cupcakes, one large 9 x 13 rectangular cake or two 9 inch round layers. 1x

Description

This is my easy basic dairy-free egg-free chocolate cake, suitable for all sorts of occasions. 


Ingredients

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Dry ingredients:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2/3 cups cocoa powder ( I use Nestle)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Wet ingredients

 


Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Prepare your cake pan. I used the birthday as an excuse to buy a new rectangular cake pan, but a Pyrex casserole pan should work fine. Fold a sheet of parchment so it lays crosswise into a 9 x 13 pan and hangs up over the edges (this way you can ‘lift’ the cake out of the pan by the paper to the cooling rack) . Spray well with cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, soda, baking powder and salt. My cocoa and baking soda are always lumpy, so I sift mine into the bowl through a mesh strainer to get out the lumps.
  3. Whisk dairy-free milk of your choice and vinegar together in a medium bowl and let thicken. Then add the sugar, oil and vanilla. Mix well.
  4. Carefully dump and mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Just blend until most of the lumps are out. Don’t beat the heck out of it.
  5. Pour batter into your prepared pans and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the center is set and you can poke a knife into the center and it comes out clean. Let the cake rest for a few minutes before turning over and cooling on a rack. Cool completely before frosting.
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baked
  • Cuisine: American

Keywords: dairy-free egg-free chocolate cake, vegan chocolate cake, allergy desserts