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One Bowl Chocolate Cake III

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Recipe by: shirleyo

"This is a rich and moist chocolate
43 cake. It only takes a few minutes
to prepare the batter. Frost with
your favorite chocolate frosting."

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2 cups white sugar

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1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

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3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

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1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

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1 teaspoon salt
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2 eggs
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1 cup milk
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1/2 cup vegetable oil

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2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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1 cup boiling water

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Directions

Prep Cook Ready In

20 m 30 m 1h

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175

1
degrees C). Grease and flour two nine
inch round pans.

In a large bowl, stir together the

2
sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder,
baking soda and salt. Add the eggs,
milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 2
minutes on medium speed of mixer.
Stir in the boiling water last. Batter
will be thin. Pour evenly into the
prepared pans.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes in the

3
preheated oven, until the cake tests
done with a toothpick. Cool in the
pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a
wire rack to cool completely.

Footnotes
Tip
Aluminum foil can be used to keep food
moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up
easier.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 157 calories; 5.7 g

fat; 25.7 g carbohydrates; 2.3 g
protein; 16 mg cholesterol; 217
mg sodium. Full nutrition

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Reviews 2k

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3329 Ratings

Most helpful positive review

lonnarific
210 48

5/24/2007
I couldn't ask for any better! I used a 9x13
pan and baked it for 40 minutes. I just made
this for the 2nd time and this time I upped
the cocoa to 1 cup... I'm REALLY glad I did!
The cake is gre...

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Most helpful critical review

SUNNYSMILE
160 5

10/16/2006
This is not a good cake to make a layer cake
with. It is delicious, but it is more of a
pudding cake, or a spoon type cake. It
would NOT come out of the pans, even
though the pans were well gr...

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Reviews: Most helpful

lonnarific
210 48

5/24/2007
I couldn't ask for any better! I used a 9x13
pan and baked it for 40 minutes. I just made
this for the 2nd time and this time I upped
the cocoa to 1 cup... I'm REALLY glad I did!
The cake is gre...

Read more

Allison
373 180

3/13/2007
My original review was 4 stars because I
tried the cake only a few hours after baking.
The cake alone was OK but had a strong
baking soda taste. I used a can of dunkin
hines vanilla frosting a...

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AUSSIEMUM1
363 218

8/19/2007
This cake will be printed out as my new
basic chocolate cake. Everything about it
was nice, I did add a teaspoon of instant
coffee to the boiling water and the batter
was thin. Baked up perfect ...

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Eponine
132 11

6/5/2013
My grandma must've found this recipe a
couple years ago, because that's when she
gave it to my family. We love it! However,
this recipe doesn't have absolutely PREFECT
chocolate frosting that ca...

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Annie_Luvs_2_cook
217 66

6/18/2007
I have joyfully been trying many different
cake/frosting recipes from this site and I
must say this is about the most moist and
delicious I have found! I used this to make
cupcakes and what a pe...

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naples34102
0 3k

6/28/2009
With just slight variations, this recipe is
much like "Black Magic Cake," which I found
I prefer. It is not quite as dense or as fudgy
as this one. This is a deep, dark chocolate
cake, but it wa...

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NJONG
63 5

2/17/2007
One of the best cake recipes your ever going
to find. Been cooking cakes for over ten
years this recipe is easy, moist,texture and
elasticity is perfect for chocolate cake. The
type of cocoa is ...

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DONNA JEAN
48 5

10/13/2006
This is the exact recipe that is on the back of
the Hershey Cocoa can. I have been using
this same recipe for years! So much better
than a box mix!

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roweena
286 47

6/6/2007
Absolutely delicious and so EASY to make!
We made this for a birthday party just last
weekend and made another one last night
for ourselves. Perfect with some whipped
topping, we added a 1/2 c...

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