Sunday, November 16, 2008

jonathan's one-pan cake

One-Pan Cake
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla1 cup warm water
1. Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, and salt into an 8″ (20 cm) square cake pan. Make two holes in the dry ingredients and add the oil, vinegar, vanilla, and water. Stir until mixed.
2. Bake at 350 ° F (175 ° C) for 25–30 minutes.
Frosting
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix the butter, cocoa, sugar, and milk together in a pan and bring the mixture to a boil. Turn the heat down and let the mixture simmer for one minute. Remove the mixture from the heat and stir it until it cools. Add the vanilla, then frost the cake.