QUICK & EASY CHOCOLATE CAKE

Quick & Easy Chocolate Cake image

Provided by Cindi M Bauer @DomesticGoddess

Categories Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 16

cake ingredients:
1-1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1 cup(s) sugar
1/4 cup(s) hershey's special dark cocoa powder
1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
additional cake ingredients:
1 cup(s) cool water
6 tablespoon(s) vegetable oil
1 tablespoon(s) distilled white vinegar 5% acidity
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
frosting ingredients:
4 tablespoon(s) butter, softened
2 cup(s) powdered sugar
2 tablespoon(s) hershey's special dark cocoa powder
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350° F.
Grease the inside of an 8x8-inch square cake pan. Then set pan aside.
In a medium size bowl sift together, the cake ingredients, then set the bowl aside.
In a measuring cup, which holds 2 cups, combine the water, vegetable oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract.
Add liquid ingredients into bowl, and gently stir until there are no lumps. (Stir for about 30 seconds.)
Pour into baking pan, and bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool the cake completely in the pan, then frost the cake. Sprinkle a few decorative Rainbow Jimmies on top of the frosting. (I then place the frosted cake in the refrigerator so the frosting will firm up.) Then cut the cake, and serve.
Additional note: I always cover the cake after I place it in the refrigerator.