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Easy Chocolate Snacking Cake with Chocolate Frosting
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Peeps! This Easy-Peasy Chocolate Snacking Cake with Chocolate Frosting is the perfect sweet for social distancing since you don't need to share it with anyone else! It's heavy on pantry staples so you probably have everything you need to bake it up right now... so why don't you??
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Prep time: 10mins
Cook time: 35mins
Serves or Makes: 6-8
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ingredients
For the Chocolate Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup light (or dark) brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/3 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
- 1 cup ice water
- 2 teaspoons pure-vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
ingredients
For the Frosting
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup Dutch processed cocoa powder
- 1/2 to 2/3 cup heavy cream or milk
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Method
To make the Cake
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, soda and salt.
Step 2
Add the water, vanilla, vinegar and oil and whisk until fully incorporated and smooth.
Step 3
Transfer to a 9-inch pie plate and bake for 25 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with a moist crumb or two.
While the cake cools, make the frosting
Step 1
To make the frosting, place the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat the butter on medium speed until soft and smooth.
Step 2
Whisk the sugar and cocoa powder together in a medium-sized bowl and add a cup at a time to the butter, mixing to combine on low, and alternating with the cream.
Step 3
Add the salt and vanilla and mix for about 5 minutes on medium until smooth, fluffy and spreadable, adding cream, a tablespoon at a time, if necessary.
Step 4
Generously frost the cake and serve.