Chocolate Cake With Icing
Easy, Fast & Delicious ! You don't even need a mixer, I just use a whisk. What more needs to be said ?
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INGREDIENTS
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- 1
- 1cup sugar
- 6tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3⁄4teaspoon baking powder
- 3⁄4teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2teaspoon salt
- 2
- 1⁄4cup oil
- 1⁄2cup milk
- 1⁄2cup boiling water
- 1teaspoon vanilla
Icing
- 2
- 1
- 1⁄4cup cocoa
- 2⁄3cup icing sugar
- 1teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2tablespoons milk
DIRECTIONS
- Cake:.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine all dry ingredients in mixer bowl & mix well. Add eggs, milk, oil & vanilla & mix on low speed just until combined then slowly add hot water while mixing & stop when just combined. Pour batter evenly into greased & floured 9” cake pan & bake for around 30 to 35 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes then turn out onto cooling rack to cool completely.
- Icing:.
- Combine cream cheese, butter, milk, vanilla & mix on medium speed until smooth. Add sugar a third of a cup at a time & continue to mix on medium speed until combined. Add cocoa & mix until combined & smooth.
- Cut the cake in half when cool & spread half the icing on the bottom cake in a thin layer & the other half on top of the cake also in a thin layer or don’t cut the cake & put all the icing on top.