Chocolate Icing

I like to add a rich chocolate icing and a few sprinkles. The icing does contain butter and milk, but you can just leave the icing off if you need a vegan dessert. The cake by itself is delicious. I’m just of the opinion that everything is better with icing. 🙂

Origination of Wacky Cake

Wacky Cake apparently dates back to the Great Depression when food needed to be super economical and was really popular during World War II when their were rations on things like butter, eggs, and milk. But becasue it is such a delicious cake, it has stood the test of time and people still enjoy baking it.

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder gives Chocolate Wacky Cake its chocolate flavor, making this a super inexpensive cake to make.

Chocolate Wacky Cake is so easy to make without any mess or clean-up, plus it is a really moist and exceptionally delicious cake that is perfect for snacking on. Everything is mixed together right in an 8×8-inch pan using only a fork.

How To Make

First you combine all the dry ingredients in the pan and then you form 3 wells: one for the vinegar, one for vanilla extract and one for the oil. Pour 1 cup of water over it all and mix everything together with a fork.

Thirty minutes in the oven and you have a delicious and inexpensive dessert to satisfy your chocolate cravings.

Recipe Tips

Be sure to measure the flour and cocoa powder correctly. Fluff them both up some in case they have been packed down. Then gently scoop them with a large spoon into a dry measuring cup. Overfill slightly and then run the back of a knife across the top of the measuring cup to get rid of excess.
Be sure your baking soda isn’t old. The baking soda combines with the vinegar to make the cake rise.
Just mix the cake batter until combined. This will result in a cake that is light and fluffy.