Best Thirty Minute Cocoa Cake Recipes

THIRTY MINUTE COCOA CAKE WITH QUICK COCOA FROSTING

Thirty Minute Cocoa Cake With Quick Cocoa Frosting image

When you need a great cake FAST! You frost while hot in the pan saving time! Great for potlucks and bake sales when you need a cake now.

Provided by Cali

Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings Chocolate

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 16

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup butter
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup water
½ cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup chopped walnuts
½ cup butter
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
⅓ cup milk
3 ½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup butter or margarine, 1/4 cup cocoa, and water. Cook over medium heat until butter is melted.
In a large mixing bowl stir together sugar, flour, soda, and cinnamon. Add cocoa mixture to flour mixture, and blend. Beat together eggs and buttermilk, and blend into batter thoroughly. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour batter into ungreased 9 x 13 inch pan.
Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
To Make Frosting: Five minutes before cake is done, combine 1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup cocoa, and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and simmer about 3 minutes; remove from heat. Stir in confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla, blending until smooth. Spread immediately over hot cake in pan. Sprinkle with nuts.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 408.4 calories, Carbohydrate 59.6 g, Cholesterol 62 mg, Fat 18.7 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 3.6 g, SaturatedFat 10.4 g, Sodium 196.8 mg, Sugar 46.9 g

THIRTY-MINUTE COCOA CAKE

Thirty-Minute Cocoa Cake image

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour, stirred and measured
1 teaspoon soda pop
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup walnuts chopped (optional)

Steps:

In medium saucepan, combine butter (or margarine), cocoa, and water bring to boil over medium heat, cooking until butter is melted set aside. In large mixing bowl, stir together sugar, flour, soda, and cinnamon. Add cocoa mixture blend. (Save cocoa pan, unwashed, for making Quick Cocoa Frosting.) Beat together buttermilk (or sour milk, see below) and eggs stir into batter. Add vanilla. Pour into ungreased 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 400 degrees F. for 20 minutes. Five minutes before cake is done, begin to make Quick Cocoa Frosting (recipe in this cookbook). Frost cake as soon as it comes from oven. If desired, sprinkle immediately with chopped nuts. Cool. This moist and delicious cake will stay fresh for days. Note: To make sour milk, measure 1/2 tablespoon vinegar into measuring cup add enough milk to make 1/2 cup. Allow to stand for 5 minutes.

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