Crazy Cake With Two Icings

Submitted by SoNottaCook

"This is a recipe that I can actually make and it comes out perfect everytime! Believe me when I say if I can do it, ANYONE can do it!!! I got this recipe out of an allrecipes.com magazine and it was submitted by Carolyn Hobbs in there. The only thing I could tell that was wrong with it is that it makes WAY to much of Icing #2 so it needs to be scaled way back...I just never did it. It just needs to be drizzled on top with a squirt bottle or something like that. Maybe one of you amazing cooks could figure that part out LOL. Hope you enjoy as much as we did!!! Looking at the recipe it seems like it would take forever but it really doesn't at all and is super easy!!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Cake

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1⁄3 cup cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups lukewarm water
• 2 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3⁄4 cup vegetable oil

• icing 1

• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar

• icing 2 (Needs to be scaled way back)

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. For Cake:

2. Preheat oven to 350.
3. Stir first 5 ingredients directly into an ungreased 9X13 cake pan.
4. In a bowl, stir together water, vinegar, and vanilla; pour over dry ingredients.
5. Pour oil over all.
6. Using a fork, stir until mixture is a uniform color and has no lumps.
7. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Cool COMPLETELY in pan then frost with icing #1 and drizzle icing #2 over that.
9. Icing #1.
10. Whisk together flour and milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; cook, whisking constantly, until mixture has thickened.
11. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.
12. Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
13. Add flour mixture and beat until icing is fluffy and sugar is dissolved.
14. Icing #2.
15. Needs to be scaled way down because if you use it all it makes a big soupy mess on top of the cake so I always throw MOST of this away!
16. Combine first 5 ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat until butter melts, stirring well.
17. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil; cook 1 minute, without stirring.
18. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
19. Beat until thick.
20. I always use one of those squirt bottles you can get anywhere for this step; pour into squirt bottle and drizzle as much as you want on top of cake over icing #1.

Reviews

[mntowisc1]

I am so happy to have found this recipe once more! My mom, who is no longer with us made this for us kids and dad. I made it for my husband anf his family. Somehow, recipe was lost. You just gave me my favorite cake recipe! It's been over 30 years since I have had this cake. I will share it with my sisters and my adult girls. Thank you!!!

 

[hna.kathy]

This is such an easy and delicious cake. I found this recipe in an cookbook that I have lost overseas but made this cake for large gatherings as well as for our very large family. I modified the amount of oil and would replace 1/4-1/2 with applesauce since making a larger quantity with that much oil was a little too much.<br/><br/>What I love about this recipe are the 2 icings. They are delicious and not heavy.<br/><br/>I read that this recipe was common during the Depression Era. As you notice there is no milk nor eggs in the mix, except in the icing. If you don't want to use the icing, you can also sprinkle it with powdered sugar.<br/><br/>Thank you for this excellent recipe.