This is a rich and moist chocolate cake in a bowl. It only takes a few minutes to prepare the batter. Top it with your favorite chocolate frosting.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Additional Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 1 hrs
Servings: 24
Yield: 2 to 9 – inch round cake layers
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two nine-inch round pans.
- In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla, and mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of the mixer. Stir in the boiling water last. The batter will be thin. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven until the cake tests were done with a toothpick. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
How to Make One-Bowl Chocolate Cake
It truly couldn’t be easier to make this chocolate cake — just mix the ingredients and bake! You’ll find the full recipe below, but here’s a brief overview of what you can expect:
- Mix Dry Ingredients
Stir or whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until evenly combined.
- Add Wet Ingredients
Add the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix on medium speed for about two minutes. Stir in boiling water. Don’t worry if the batter seems a little thin, as reviewers say that’s perfectly normal.
- Bake
Pour the cake batter into prepared pans. Bake for about half an hour, until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle. Let cool and top with your favorite frosting.
