Susans Favourite One Bowl Cake Aka Wacky Cake Recipes

SUSAN'S FAVOURITE ONE BOWL CAKE, AKA WACKY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Using a fork, blend flour with sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
• Using the tail end of the fork or wooden spoon, make three wells in the dry ingredients.
• Pour oil in one hole, vinegar in another and vanilla in the third.
• Pour cold water over top and mix until well combined.
• Pour into a lightly greased 9-inch square baking pan and bake on center rack at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until springy when lightly touched in the center.

WACKY CAKE

Steps:

• Important NOTE: The cake relies on the last-minute combination of vinegar and baking soda for leavening. The reaction between the two causes the batter to bubble vigorously, and thus, rise. The cake has to be prepared in its baking pan; otherwise it doesn't rise nearly as well. Make wells in the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients--oil, vinegar, and vanilla--to the wells, and then add water and stir quickly (but not too much) to blend the batter just moments before you put it into the oven. Streaks of flour should remain.
• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat 8-inch-square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in pan. Using a spoon, make 1 large and 2 small craters in dry ingredients (the large carter needs to deep enough to hold the oil). Add oil to large crater and vinegar and vanilla separately to remaining small craters. Pour water into pan, using a wooden spoon or spatula, mix the batter, taking care not to overmix; the batter should still contain a few streaks of flour. Immediately put pan in oven.
• Bake until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 30 minutes. Cool in pan, then dust with confectioners' sugar. (If tightly wrapped, cake will keep for 3 days at room temperature.)
• Great with ice cream or whipped cream or both :-).

SOFT WACKY CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE;.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Sift all dry ingredients into a large bowl.
• Make 3 holes in mixture.
• Place Vanilla in one hole, Vinegar in another, and Melted Shortening/Oil in another.
• Pour 2 Cups Cold Water over all and beat thoroughly
• Bake in long 9x13 pan for 30-40 minutes
• FROSTING;.
• Beat all ingredients in large bowl for 15 minutes, spread over cooled cake.