Dry ingredients
1 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
Wet ingredients
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1/3 c. salad oil
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. cold water
Directions:
Sift dry ingredients into ungreased 8x8 baking pan, or into a 9" round cake pan.
Make a well in the dry ingredients, like my kids do for their gravy when we have mashed potatoes.
Into the well, pour vinegar, oil, vanilla, water. Stir until smooth.
Bake 30-35 min. at 350°F. Top with frosting, powdered sugar, or whipped cream.
Surprisingly rich taste for something that has no butter, no milk, and no eggs.
(I made this once as a "birthday treat" for my son's class when one of his classmates couldn't have dairy - gave them a list of the ingredients along with the cake...teacher didn't give the poor little guy any because she thought vanilla extract might have dairy in it. True.)
Submitted by Gretchen Grant Contributed on: and modified on Friday March 3rd, 2006
, or into a 9" round cake pan
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