One Bowl Chocolate Cake
Cake is Joy
Hello all my lazy baking friends! I created this recipe One-Bowl Chocolate Cake recipe just for you. We can all be lazy and have our cake too *happy happy dance*! Whenever I think of happy dances I always see Snoopy doing his happy dance with his long ears twirling. Cartoon dog happiness is contagious.
And so is this …
Why This Cake is Joyful
I know you’ll be sad for me that I had to test this recipe a dozen times before I got it right. SO MUCH chocolate cake eating…sigh…
One Bowl. Easy Ingredients. No Fussing. Super Easy Clean-up. Get your Cake On!
If you like this recipe and want to see more, please consider supporting me on Patreon. Recipe creation takes lot of testing, lots of mistakes (some very awful ones!), and a constant resupply of ingredients. With your support, I can spend more time on recipe-creating.
Support The Lazy Vegan Baker on Patreon
Step by Step
The Cake
One Bowl Chocolate Cake Recipe
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 35 minutes |
| Servings |
servings
|
- 2/3 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup cane sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 tablespoons aquafaba
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
Ingredients
|
|
- Preheat oven to 350F. LIghtly oil and flour a cake pan. You can use an 8x8 square or 9" round.
- Measure out the non-dairy milk in a liquid measuring cup. Add the apple cider vinegar, give it a few stirs, and then set aside. It will get thick and clumpy - this is what you want. (homemade "sour milk")
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cocoa powder, and sugar. Mix well.
- Make an indent in the center of the dry ingredients and add the milk, oil, aquafaba, vanilla, and boiling water. Whisk together until you have a smooth batter.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cool 10 minutes and turn out of the pan if you like. OR, for the super lazy, don't even take it out of the pan. Let it cool completely and then spread a frosting on top. [that's the lazy vegan baker way 😉 ]
* Aquafaba is the liquid brine from a can of beans, like chickpeas. Drain the liquid and use it as is. You can also use unflavored brine from homemade beans. Check out www.aquafaba.com to learn more. ** I frosted the cake with Quick Chocolate Frosting Glaze (and subbed out the milk for OJ to make it orange chocolate frosting and added some orange zest too) and then topped it with some vegan Reddiwip. Feel free to use your favorite frosting. The Peanut Butter Frosting from this recipe would be super excellent. As would this Pineapple Cream Cheese Frosting. *** If you you need a cake with a flat top, remove cake from the pan and carefully slice off the domed top with a long serrated knife. Then frost. Save cake scraps for a trifle or just to snack on - they freeze well.