This is a rich and moist one bowl chocolate cake. It only takes a few minutes to prepare the batter. Frost with your favorite chocolate frosting.
Provided by: SmallRecipe.com
Categories: Dessert
Total time: 1 hours 0 minutes
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Yield: 2 – 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 |
Steps:
- 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, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer. Stir in the boiling water last. Batter will be thin. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake tests done with a toothpick. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts:
Calories 156.6 calories, Carbohydrate 25.7 g, Cholesterol 16.3 mg, Fat 5.7 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 2.3 g, Saturated Fat 1.1 g, Sodium 217.1 mg, Sugar 17.3 g
This simple cake recipe was sent home from our children’s school. It is the easiest, best-tasting cake I’ve ever made. It’s great to make with the kids, especially for cupcakes. Use your favorite frosting on top of this delicious cake.
Provided by: SmallRecipe.com
Categories: Dessert
Total time: 40 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Yield: 1 9-inch square cake
Ingredients:
1 cup white sugar |
½ cup unsalted butter |
2 large eggs |
2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour |
1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder |
½ cup milk |
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square cake pan.
- Cream sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating briefly after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
- Combine flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to the wet ingredients and mix well. Add milk and stir until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the top springs back when lightly touched, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cool completely.
Nutrition Facts:
Calories 208.6 calories, Carbohydrate 29.4 g, Cholesterol 52.1 mg, Fat 8.9 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 3.1 g, Saturated Fat 5.3 g, Sodium 141.8 mg, Sugar 17.3 g
This is the best carrot cake recipe I’ve ever used. We prefer to use a hand grater when preparing the carrots since it creates delicate carrot shreds that melt into the cake batter. Pre-shredded bags or shredding carrots using a food processor are also options, but the carrot shreds will be larger. This recipe is forgiving. You can make this with or without the nuts or raisins. We love the combination of granulated and brown sugar, but if you only have one of them, use it, and the cake will still be delicious. Frosting: Our creamy frosting recipe shared below is not a traditional cream cheese frosting. Thanks to whipped cream, it’s creamier and has soft peaks (you can see it in our video). We love it, but if you prefer a more traditional frosting, see the tips section below the recipe. We have provided instructions for a classic cream cheese frosting that works nicely with this cake.
Provided by: SmallRecipe.com
Total time: 1 hours 5 minutes
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 45 minutes
Yield: Makes 1 (9-inch) double layer cake (16 thin slices) or 22 to 24 cupcakes
Ingredients:
2 cups (260 grams) all-purpose flour |
2 teaspoons baking soda |
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt |
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon |
1 ¼ cups (295 ml) canola or other vegetable oil |
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar |
1 cup (190 grams) lightly packed brown sugar |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
4 large eggs, at room temperature |
3 cups (300 grams) grated peeled carrots, 5 to 6 medium carrots |
1 cup (100 grams) coarsely chopped pecans |
1/2 cup (65 grams) raisins |
8 ounces (225 grams) cream cheese, at room temperature |
1 ¼ cups (140 grams) powdered sugar |
1/3 cup (80 ml) heavy whipping cream |
1/2 cup (50 grams) coarsely chopped pecans, for topping cake |
Steps:
- Position a rack in the middle of the oven. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans, line the bottom with parchment paper and then grease the top. Or grease and flour the bottom and sides of both pans.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176C).
- Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl until very well blended.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking after each one.
- Switch to a large rubber spatula. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl, then add the dry ingredients in three parts, gently stirring until they disappear and the batter is smooth.
- Stir in the carrots, nuts, and raisins.
- Divide the cake batter between the prepared cake pans.
- Bake until the tops of the cake layers are springy when touched and when a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes.
- Cool cakes in the pans for 15 minutes, then carefully turn the cake layers out onto cooling racks. Remove the parchment paper and cool completely. If you find that a cake layer is sticking to the bottom of the pan, leave the cake pan upside down and allow gravity to do its thing.
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with a handheld mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute.
- Beat in the powdered sugar, a 1/4 cup at a time, until fluffy.
- Pour in the whipping cream. Beat on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the frosting is whipped and creamy. This frosting resembles the texture of whipped cream. Chill covered until ready to frost the cake.
- When the cake layers are completely cool, frost the top of one cake layer, and place the second cake layer on top.
- Add the remaining frosting to the top of the carrot cake and use a butter knife or small spatula to swirl the frosting around. Leave the sides of the cake unfrosted. Finish with a handful of nuts on top.
Nutrition Facts:
ServingSize 1 slice (1 of 16), Calories 535, Fat 33.4g, Saturated Fat 6.9g, Cholesterol 69.3mg, Sodium 315.9mg, Carbohydrate 56.4g, Fiber 2.4g, Sugar 40.5g, Protein 5.6g
This easy banana bread recipe is quick to prepare, and everyone always comes back for seconds!
Provided by: SmallRecipe.com
Categories: Dessert
Total time: 1 hours 15 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hours 0 minutes
Yield: 1 9×5-inch loaf
Ingredients:
3 ripe bananas, mashed |
1 cup white sugar |
1 egg |
¼ cup melted butter |
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1 teaspoon salt |
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- Combine bananas, sugar, egg, and butter together in a bowl. Mix flour and baking soda together in a separate bowl; stir into banana mixture until batter is just mixed. Stir salt into batter. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Nutrition Facts:
Calories 225 calories, Carbohydrate 42.4 g, Cholesterol 30.8 mg, Fat 5.4 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 3 g, Saturated Fat 3.1 g, Sodium 398.8 mg, Sugar 24.4 g