One Bowl Chocolate Cake
This easy-to-make chocolate cake is dark, moist, and rich, and it's made with healthful canola oil and whole-wheat flour. Plus, it only dirties one bowl! It's not quite as easy as boxed cake mix, but our simple 3-step recipe gives you an entirely homemade cake in about an hour.
This easy-to-make chocolate cake is dark, moist, and rich, and it's made with healthful canola oil and whole-wheat flour. Plus, it only dirties one bowl! It's not quite as easy as boxed cake mix, but our simple 3-step recipe gives you an entirely homemade cake in about an hour.
Ingredients
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3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons whole-wheat pastry flour (see Ingredient Note)
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½ cup granulated sugar
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⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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¼ teaspoon salt
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½ cup nonfat buttermilk (see Tip)
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½ cup packed light brown sugar
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1 large egg, lightly beaten
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2 tablespoons neutral oil, such as canola or avocado
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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½ cup hot strong black coffee
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Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with a circle of waxed paper.
- Whisk flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add buttermilk, brown sugar, egg, oil and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add hot coffee and beat to blend. (The batter will be quite thin.) Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake the cake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes; remove from the pan, peel off the wax paper and let cool completely. Dust the top with confectioners' sugar before slicing.
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