(Baking with Kids) Easy Chocolate Cake -Guest Post from Baking Outside The Box

IF my daughter's Godmother's baby comes today (due two days ago and just got sent home from the hospital because her contractions weren't progressing), Christa from Baking Outside The Box has brought the perfect recipe to share today, a chocolate cake! My birthday cake every year growing up was chocolate, and in a few years I will be able to teach the kids how to make this cake! I couldn't ask for more. Plus, it looks delicious!  I've included the printable version at the end, with the prep time including the cooling time before frosting.

Hi, this is Christa from Baking Outside the Box, a blog all about making scratch
baking easier for the home cook. Today I want to share with you a great
recipe I use for teaching my kids about baking.

This chocolate cake is the easiest cake I've ever made, so it is perfect for baking with kids, since they can do most of the steps themselves. It rivals a box mix for speed and simplicity, but it really tastes great.

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

3 Tablespoons cocoa powder

1 cup Sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

6 Tablespoons vegetable oil

1 Tablespoon white vinegar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup cold water

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.

Grease an 8" square casserole dish (for a round cake you can use one 9" cake pan).

Sift the dry ingredients together and stir with a fork until well-mixed. Make three wells in the dry ingredients. Pour the oil into the first well, the vinegar into the second, and the vanilla into the third. Pour the cold water over the top of it all, then stir with a fork until well-blended. Pour into greased pan and bake at 350 for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let it cool, then frost.

Frosting:

4 Tablespoons Butter

2 Tablespoons cocoa powder

1 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar

dash of salt

2 Tablespoons milk

Cream together the butter, sugar, cocoa and salt until well-mixed. Add the liquid and beat until fluffy. You can do this by hand since it is such a small batch, you really don't need to use a stand mixer for this.

Have some sprinkles handy for the kids to decorate it!

Print Recipe

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(Baking with Kids) Easy Chocolate Cake -Guest Post from Baking Outside The Box

Easy homemade chocolate cake, great for baking with kids!

Prep Time1 hour hr

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 25 minutes mins

Course: Dessert

Servings: 8

Calories: 421kcal

Author: Christa- Baking Outside The Box

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 6 Tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 Tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup cold water
• Frosting:
• 4 Tablespoons Butter
• 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar
• dash of salt
• 2 Tablespoons milk

Instructions

• Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease an 8" square casserole dish (for a round cake you can use one 9" cake pan).
• Sift the dry ingredients together and stir with a fork until well-mixed. Make three wells in the dry ingredients. Pour the oil into the first well, the vinegar into the second, and the vanilla into the third. Pour the cold water over the top of it all, then stir with a fork until well-blended. Pour into greased pan and bake at 350 for about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let it cool, then frost.
• For the frosting:
• Cream together the butter, sugar, cocoa and salt until well-mixed. Add the liquid and beat until fluffy.

Nutrition

Sodium: 482mg | Calcium: 13mg | Vitamin A: 175IU | Sugar: 47g | Fiber: 1g | Potassium: 77mg | Cholesterol: 15mg | Calories: 421kcal | Saturated Fat: 12g | Fat: 16g | Protein: 3g | Carbohydrates: 67g | Iron: 1.5mg