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Chocolate Cake

Serves 12 $0.52 est. / serving

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Estimated ingredient cost$6.24For the whole recipe · ingredients used
Chocolate Cake
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YOUR TIME IN THE KITCHEN

Make something good.

  1. 01

    Preheat oven to 350 deg F. Grease a 9 inch cake tin.

  2. 02

    Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, sugar and vanilla extract in a bowl.

  3. 03

    Add milk, oil and eggs.

  4. 04

    Mix everything together until smooth, either by hand or by using an electric mixer at slow speed. If the batter is too runny you may add slightly more flour.

  5. 05

    Transfer to bake tin and bake at 350 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 35 to 45 minutes.

  6. 06

    Frost with chocolate frosting.

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Foodista / Common Pile

Original recipe · CC BY 3.0

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Photo of Chocolate Layer Cake With Ganache — Foodista. Source-provided contributor credit: By Foodista member Joy Zhang

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