Crazy cake made with cocoa, vinegar, and no eggs was popular during the Depression.
Ingredients
- all-purpose flour: 3 cups
- white sugar: 2 cups
- unsweetened cocoa powder: 0.5 cup
- baking soda: 2 tsp
- salt: 1 tsp
- vegetable oil: 0.75 cup
- distilled white vinegar: 2 Tbsp
- vanilla extract: 2 tsp
- water: 2 cups (cold)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt into a 9x13-inch ungreased baking dish; form 3 wells in flour mixture. Pour oil into the first well, vinegar into the second, and vanilla into the third. Pour cold water over all and stir well with a fork.
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Frost with your favorite icing.
