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CRAZY CAKE

Course Cakes, Desserts

Ingredients

Cake:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 tbs vinegar
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups water cold

Poke Cake Variation (optional)

  • 1 box chocolate pudding mix (4-serving size) instant
  • 2 cups cold milk

Buttermilk Frosting

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 pkg confectioners sugar (32 oz)
  • 5 to 8 tbs buttermilk
  • 2 tbs lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 pinch salt

Instructions

For cake:

  • Sift flour, sugar, salt, soda, and cocoa together into a 9x13 inch ungreased cake pan. Make three wells. Pour oil into one well, vinegar into second, and vanilla into third well. Pour cold water over all, and stir with fork.
  • Bake at 350*F. for 30 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Frost with your favorite icing.

For Poke Variation (optional)

  • Poke cake every 1/2 inch with handle of wooden spoon. In medium bowl, beat pudding mix and milk with whisk about 2 minutes. Pour pudding evenly over cake. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until chilled. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

For Buttermilk Frosting:

  • Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 1 minute. Gradually add powdered sugar alternately with 5 tbs buttermilk. Beat at low speed until blended. Stir in lemon juice, vanilla and salt. If desired, add up to 3 tbs buttermilk, 1 tbs at a time, beat to desired consistency.