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One Bowl Chocolate Cake III

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Recipe by: shirleyo

"This is a rich and moist chocolate cake. It only takes a few minutes to prepare the batter. Frost with
your favorite chocolate frosting."

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Ingredients
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 2 cups white sugar

 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
 1 teaspoon salt

 2 eggs
 1 cup milk
 1/2 cup vegetable oil
 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
 1 cup boiling water
 Add all ingredients to list

Directions
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 Prep

20 m

 Cook

30 m

 Ready In

1h

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two nine inch round
pans. Watch Now
 2. 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. Watch Now

3. 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. Watch
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Footnotes

 Tip
 Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving: 157 calories; 5.7 g fat; 25.7 g carbohydrates; 2.3 g protein; 16 mg cholesterol; 217 mg
sodium. Full nutrition

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lonnarific

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o 48

5/24/2007
I couldn't ask for any better! I used a 9x13 pan and baked it for 40 minutes. I just made this for
the 2nd time and this time I upped the cocoa to 1 cup... I'm REALLY glad I did! The cake is
gre...

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Most helpful critical review

SUNNYSMILE

o 161

o 5

10/16/2006

This is not a good cake to make a layer cake with. It is delicious, but it is more of a pudding
cake, or a spoon type cake. It would NOT come out of the pans, even though the pans were well
gr...

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Reviews: Most helpful

lonnarific

o 210

o 48

5/24/2007
I couldn't ask for any better! I used a 9x13 pan and baked it for 40 minutes. I just made this for
the 2nd time and this time I upped the cocoa to 1 cup... I'm REALLY glad I did! The cake is
gre...

Read more

Allison

o 373

o 180

3/13/2007

My original review was 4 stars because I tried the cake only a few hours after baking. The cake
alone was OK but had a strong baking soda taste. I used a can of dunkin hines vanilla frosting a...

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AUSSIEMUM1

o 377

o 218

8/19/2007

This cake will be printed out as my new basic chocolate cake. Everything about it was nice, I did
add a teaspoon of instant coffee to the boiling water and the batter was thin. Baked up perfect ...

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Eponine

o 132

o 11

6/5/2013

My grandma must've found this recipe a couple years ago, because that's when she gave it to my
family. We love it! However, this recipe doesn't have absolutely PREFECT chocolate frosting
that ca...

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Annie_Luvs_2_cook

o 217

o 66

6/18/2007

I have joyfully been trying many different cake/frosting recipes from this site and I must say this
is about the most moist and delicious I have found! I used this to make cupcakes and what a pe...

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 naples34102

o 0

o 3k

6/28/2009

With just slight variations, this recipe is much like "Black Magic Cake," which I found I prefer.
It is not quite as dense or as fudgy as this one. This is a deep, dark chocolate cake, but it wa...

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NJONG

o 63

o 5

2/17/2007

One of the best cake recipes your ever going to find. Been cooking cakes for over ten years this
recipe is easy, moist,texture and elasticity is perfect for chocolate cake. The type of cocoa is ...

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DONNA JEAN

o 48

o 5
10/13/2006

This is the exact recipe that is on the back of the Hershey Cocoa can. I have been using this same
recipe for years! So much better than a box mix!

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roweena

o 286

o 47

6/6/2007

Absolutely delicious and so EASY to make! We made this for a birthday party just last weekend
and made another one last night for ourselves. Perfect with some whipped topping, we added a
1/2 c...

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