Chocolate Cake

I wanted to try the Moosewood recipe, since it seemed so simple as to be almost too good to be true.

1 ½ cups plain flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup cold water or coffee
2 tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp cider vinegar

Grease and line a 9-inch round or 8-inch square cake tin.

Heat oven to 375F.  Mix flour, cocoa, soda, salt, and sugar in a medium bowl with a fork.  Mix oil, cold water or coffee, and vanilla in the measuring cup.  Add wet to dry and mix with a fork.  Add vinegar and stir quickly, until just combined. 

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes and set aside to cool.


It was fine: cakey and dense.  Not very chocolatey, and it didn't come out of the tin very well.  I didn't bother with the glaze (below) - this would probably up the chocolatey-ness.

For the glaze:
8 oz chocolate
3/4 cup hot water
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Melt the chocolate. Stir in the hot water and vanilla smooth. Spoon over the cooled cake. Refrigerate the glazed cake for at least 30 minutes.