
Original Cake Pan Cake
A simple chocolate cake with a glossy chocolate finish.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cake | |
| All-Purpose Flour | 180 g |
| Granulated sugar | 198 g |
| Unsweetened cocoa | 21 g |
| Table salt | 0.5 tsp |
| Espresso powderOptional. | 0.5 tsp |
| Baking soda | 1 tsp |
| Water | 227 g |
| Vegetable oil | 66 g |
| Cider vinegar | 14 g |
| Vanilla Extract | 1 tsp |
| Icing | |
| Semisweet chocolate chips | 255 g |
| Half-and-half | 113 g |
Method
- 1
Heat the oven to 175°C/350°F and grease a deep 20cm square pan. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, salt, espresso and baking soda.
- 2
Separately mix water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Stir into the dry mixture and transfer to the pan.
- 3
Bake 30–35 minutes, until a skewer carries only a few crumbs. Cool.
- 4
Gently heat chocolate chips with half-and-half, stirring until glossy. Spread over the cake and let the topping set.