Chocolate Wacky Cake with Blackberry Frosting Recipe
This Wacky Cake recipe is a moist chocolate cake that dates back to World War 2. This chocolate cake is one that you need to keep in your back pocket because its so simple!
Servings: 9 Servings
Calories: 345kcal
Ingredients
Chocolate Wacky Cake:
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 Tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup hot coffee or hot water
Blackberry Frosting:
- ½ cup fresh blackberries
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Sprinkles for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In an ungreased loaf pan, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- Create 3 wells or dents in the dry ingredients. Add the vegetable oil in one dent, the white vinegar in a second dent and the vanilla in the third dent.
- Pour the hot coffee or hot water over the ingredients in the pan and stir to combine.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out mostly clean.
- Cool in the pan for 20 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
To Make the Blackberry Icing:
- Pulse the blackberries in a blender until pureed.
- Pour the pureed blackberries in a bowl.
- Stir in the lemon juice and vanilla.
- Stir in the powdered sugar.
- Frost the completely cooled cake and decorate with sprinkles.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Sodium: 260mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 47g
