Easy Peasy Easter Cake (Egg and Milk Free!)

My mom's old recipe, slightly modified. If you like, you can make an adorable Easter bunny with two types of cake; vanilla body, chocolate ears, and coconut fur. Yum yum!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 276 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup white sugar
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 ½ cups cake flour
• 1 cup water
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Grease and flour an 9x9-inch cake pan.

Step 3

Whisk together cake flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients

Step 4

Whisk water, vegetable oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract in a separate bowl until thoroughly combined; pour the wet ingredients into the well in flour mixture.

Step 5

Stir until batter is smooth. Pour into prepared cake pan.

Step 6

Bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

Step 7

Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes before removing cake to finish cooling on rack.