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Pam Lecky’s Wacky Cake
Recipe adapted from kingarthurbaking.com
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1⁄2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1⁄2 tsp espresso powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp cider or white vinegar
- 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup cold water
Icing
- 1 1⁄2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
- 1⁄2 cup half-and-half
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Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease an 8-inch square or 9-inch round pan (at least 2 inches deep).
Whisk dry cake ingredients together in a medium-size bowl. Whisk wet cake ingredients in a separate bowl. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, until thoroughly combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake cake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, or with just a few moist crumbs.
Prepare the icing: Heat the chocolate morsels with half-and-half in a saucepan over low heat, stirring until morsels are melted smooth; pour over cake. Serve plain cake warm from the pan or cool and top with icing.
Makes 8 to 10 servings.