Old-Fashioned Wacky Cake

This old-fashioned wacky cake recipe is made with flour, sugar, oil, vinegar, and cold water, topped with a sweet chocolate frosting.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 413 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 0.25 cup butter
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 1.5 cups water
• 0.75 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 teaspoons baking soda
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 0.33333298563957 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2.25 cups cake flour
• 1.5 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
• 4.5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x9-inch cake pan.

Step 2

Mix flour, white sugar, 4 ½ tablespoons cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Pour dry ingredients into the prepared pan. Scoop out 3 holes in the dry mixture with a spoon: add vegetable oil, vinegar, and 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla individually in each hole. Stir in cold water over top until smooth.

Step 3

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

Step 4

To make the frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat: add cocoa. Off heat, stir in salt, milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix in confectioners' sugar until your desired consistency. Spread over hot cake.