I have been reading and seeing couple of these Depression Cake and wanted to try my hand at making it myself. I previously had made some one bowl cakes and self serving cakes, this is with more quantity of flour. The original depression cake was created during the depression period of World War 1, and it was quickly made without Eggs, Milk or Butter. I recently saw this on TipHero and is adapted from it.

The cake is very moist and can be eaten just as such. However I went ahead added a frosting myself. I made the mistake of reducing the sugar to 3.4 cup instead of a cup. With the frosting the sweetness was fine for me, however if you are not frosting it, you will need a cup of sugar. Plus kids invariable like it more sweet. Still I found my kids enjoying it.

For the final day of chocolate theme, enjoy this Wacky Cake.

Crazy Cake Recipe

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Ingredients Needed:

Flour - 1 & 1/2 cups
Cocoa powder - 3 to 4 tbsp
Sugar - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1 tsp
Baking powder - 1/4 tsp
Salt a pinch
Vinegar - 1 tsp
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Cooking Oil - 5 tbsp
Water: 1 cup, plus 2 tbsp (if needed)

How to make the Cake

Preheat oven to 185 C.

In a baking tray, mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar together.

Make three depression; add vanilla essesnce, oil, vinegar.

Pour water over it. Mix well until smooth. Depending on the consistency add little more water.

Bake for 30 mins in preheated oven or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

Top with chocolate frosting, else serve as such.

Chocolate Frosting

Dark Chocolate Chip - 1/2 cup
Milk Chocolate compond - 1/4 tsp
Butter - 2 tbsp
Cream - 1/2 cup

MW all the ingredients starting with a min and cream well.

Pour this over the baked chocolate, let it sit for sometime.

Slice into pieces

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Crazy Chocolate Cake ~ No Egg, Milk, Butter and One Bowl Cake

Course Desserts

Dish Type Eggless Cakes

Author Srivalli

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Comments

rajani says
March 06, 2016 at 3:09 am
Some things truly stand the test of time...
Sapana Behl says
March 06, 2016 at 4:01 am
Locely chocolate cake and sounds a guilt free indulgence too.
Priya Suresh says
March 06, 2016 at 12:57 pm
Crazy chocolate cake will definitely please my tastebuds..tempting to the core.
Gayathri Kumar says
March 07, 2016 at 8:57 am
I have been seeing this cake all around FB groups now. I think it is time to try it. With the frosting the cake looks so tempting..
Harini-Jaya R says
March 07, 2016 at 7:23 pm
Sounds like a deal for chocolate lovers!
Suma Gandlur says
March 07, 2016 at 9:20 pm
Cake sounds great. One should appreciate the shrewd, budget friendly cake recipes people came up with during war/ depression time.
Pavani N says
March 07, 2016 at 9:41 pm
This is one of my favorite chocolate cakes. Love how moist and delicious it turns out every time and it is very easy to put together.
Amara Annapaneni says
March 09, 2016 at 3:13 pm
The depression cake looks delicious especially the frosting is just amazing.
Archana Potdar says
March 09, 2016 at 3:33 pm
Ok now this is another chocolate cake I need to try. I love the looks of this one. Must have tatsted amazing
Usha says
March 22, 2016 at 4:22 pm
Cake looks delicious with the frosting. No butter cakes are always welcome.. 🙂

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Crazy Chocolate Cake ~ No Egg, Milk, Butter and One Bowl Cake

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