Depression (crazy) Cake with frosting

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 24
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 254.8
  • Total Fat: 8.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 3.5 mg
  • Sodium: 219.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 44.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
  • Protein: 2.1 g

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Introduction

Makes a fast easy dense chocolate cake. I've even mixed up all the dry ingredients and placed them in containers for fast easy cake mixes. I found this recipe because my husband's grandmother use to make one very similar to it for him as a treat. This is soooo not low cal or anything, but i'm looking at ways to improve it. Makes a fast easy dense chocolate cake. I've even mixed up all the dry ingredients and placed them in containers for fast easy cake mixes. I found this recipe because my husband's grandmother use to make one very similar to it for him as a treat. This is soooo not low cal or anything, but i'm looking at ways to improve it.
Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

    3 cups flour
    2 cups sugar
    1/2 cup cocoa powder
    2 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp salt
    2 tsp vanilla
    2 tbsp vinegar
    3/4 cup oil (canola)
    2 cups water

    4 tbsp light butter
    3 c powdered sugar
    1/4 cup 1% milk
    1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Mix dry ingrediants together. I will sometimes sift the cocoa and flour but it's not needed. Make 3 little depressions in the dry goods and seperate the oil, vanilla, and vinegar in each one. Cover with the water and stir together. Scrape into a 13x9 inch pan and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. I normally set the timer for 30 minutes and make my frosting at that time. You can frost it right out of the oven or wait for it to cool.

makes 20 servings Or if you're my hubby, it's only 5 servings.

Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JUNICA.