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“This is a recipe my mother made when we were children. It was so moist it never needed frosting. Mom would use a paper doily to make a pretty powdered sugar design on the top. I have found a couple online, but they just were not as good.”

One Pan Chocolate Snack Cake
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READY IN:40mins |
SERVES:9 |
YIELD:1 cake |
UNITS:US |
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup cold water
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Thoroughly mix dry ingredients in an ungreased 8 x 11" pan. Make 3 wells in the dry mixture and pour the vegetable oil in one, the vanilla in a different one and the vinegar in the last one. Pour the cold water over all and stir with fork until well blended.
- Bake for 30 minutes. Cake is done when center springs back when lightly touched. Do not test with a toothpick or knife.
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One Pan Chocolate Snack Cake