Are you looking for a quick and easy Chocolate Cake recipe with great flavour? Then you have reached the right place. All the ingredients for this cake,  can actually be mixed together right in the pan and even served in the same pan after baking and frosting. This is going to be a nice snacking cake which is going to be loved by the kids and the adults both. This single layer cake has a rich chocolate flavour with a moist and tender crumb.

This cake recipe creates the thought of no dirty dishes as it is ‘Mix in the pan Cake’, but I find it much easier to mix the ingredients together in a separate bowl, rather than in the pan. There are a couple of things about this recipe that are worth mentioning. First, it does not contain eggs. Second,  we also add a little lemon juice to the batter, which causes a reaction between the cocoa powder. And lastly, while I have used melted butter, you could substitute with corn, canola, safflower, or even a vegetable oil.

The cake pan doesn’t need to be buttered if you are going to serve the cake directly from the pan. However, if you want to remove the cake from the pan, then butter and flour the pan and line the bottom with a piece of butter paper or parchment paper. Once the cake has been baked and cooled, I like to frost it with Ganache. But this is not absolutely necessary. If you like you can just dust the top of the cake with a little powdered sugar or cocoa powder and serve it on its own or with whipped cream or a scoop of ice cream.

Ingredients:

1.5 cups of All-Purpose flour ( 195 grams)

1 Cup Granulated white Sugar (200 grams)

¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder (25 grams)

1 teaspoon baking powder

¾ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

1/3 Cup unsalted melted butter (75 grams)

1 Cup warm water (240ml)

I tablespoon Lemon juice

1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence

Chocolate Frosting:

170 grams of semi-sweet chocolate (chopped)

¾ cup cream (180ml)

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 180° C.
2. In a bowl Stir together all the dry ingredients, the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. Now in warm water add lemon juice and vanilla extract and mix well.
4. Add this mixtre to the dry ingerdients. Also add the butter.
5. Mix everything together until blended.
6. Bake in a preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
7. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

Frosting:

1. In a heat proof bowl, keep chopped chocolate, cream and butter. Place this bowl over a pan of simmering water. Melt until smooth and shiny.
2. Remove from heat and let stand at room temperature until it’s cool and a bit thick and of pouring consistency.
3. Once the cake and the frosting both cool down, pour the frosting over the cake. Let stand until the frosting has thickened.
4. You can even use some sprinkles or chocolate chips over the cake if you are making for kids.