Chocolate Depression Cake

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 10 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 cups water

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
  2. In a bowl mix your dry ingredients well.
  3. Make 3 depressions in the dry ingredients - two small, one larger. Pour the vinegar in one small depression, the vanilla in the other - vegetable oil in the largest.
  4. Gently pour the water over everything.
  5. Mix well until smooth, gently folding the ingredients into one another.
  6. Pour into a circular springform 9 inches in diameter and 3 inches in height.
  7. Bake on the middle rack of your oven for 35 minutes. After the time has elapsed, check with a toothpick and place back in the oven in five minute intervals if necessary.
  8. Cool the cake and frost if desired.
  9. If you do frost, I would recommend only along the edges of the top and along the tops of the sides. The nature of the cake is to be quite dense, and though decadent it will fall slightly in the centre - frosting will make the cake fall more and cause it to be quite mushy. Discretion is advised.

Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)

438 kcal 22% DV
Protein Fat Carbs

Macronutrients

Protein 7.5g 15% DV
Total Fat 16.9g 22% DV
Carbs 61.7g 22% DV
Fiber 9.9g 35% DV
Sugar 28.6g 57% DV

Electrolytes

Sodium 16684mg 100% DV
Potassium 449.3mg 10% DV
Cholesterol 13.5mg 5% DV

Vitamins & Minerals

Vitamin A 204.8mcg 23% DV
Calcium 50.3mg 4% DV
Iron 4.8mg 27% DV

* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).

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