One Bowl Chocolate Cake | Easy Chocolate Cake
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder I used Hersheys
- 1/2 cup brown sugar add more for sweetness
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup boiling water refer notes
- 1 tsp instant coffee powder optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt pan very well.
- Add all the dry ingredients - from flour to salt - in a bowl and whisk well.
- Make a hole in the center. Break in the egg, add the milk, oil and vanilla essence. Whisk till the mixture is well combined.
- Add the coffee if using to the boiling water and add into the cake batter. Give it a gentle mix. The batter will be runny.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes, till skewer comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Carefully invert onto a cooling rack and cool completely. Slice and serve!
Notes
The brown sugar gives the cake a really dark color and a nice flavor. You can use normal sugar in its place.
You can skip the coffee but coffee ups the flavor of the chocolate cake, so it is highly recommended.
Instead of boiling water, you can use warm water as well. However, I preferred the texture of the cake with boiling water than warm - it was much softer.
You can bake in a normal round pan or even a loaf pan. Bake for around 40 to 45 minutes till done.
You can skip the coffee but coffee ups the flavor of the chocolate cake, so it is highly recommended.
Instead of boiling water, you can use warm water as well. However, I preferred the texture of the cake with boiling water than warm - it was much softer.
You can bake in a normal round pan or even a loaf pan. Bake for around 40 to 45 minutes till done.