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How to Make a Chocolate CakeAre you looking forward to making a delicious chocolate cake? There are somany variations that it might be difficult to choose a single recipe. Here's asimple one to get you started along with several variations to suit the occasion.

1 1/2 cup (192 grams) flour

1 cup (201 grams) sugar

1/2 teaspoon (7 grams) salt

1 teaspoon (2 grams) baking soda

3 tablespoons (43 grams) cocoa

1 tablespoon (15 ml) vinegar

6 tablespoons (90 ml) oil

1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla essence or 2 tsp. (2ml) vanilla extract(optional)1 cup (200 ml) water

2 eggs

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Sift the dry ingredients together. The dry ingredients are: flour, sugar, salt,baking soda, and cocoa. Simply place everything in a sifter and shake it back and

forth over a bowl to eliminate the clumps.

2 Stir in the liquid ingredients and stir well. These are the vinegar, oil, vanilla,water and egg. Some people like to add these ingredients individually, but others

stir them together in a second bowl and before adding them to the dry ingredients.

3 Pour the mixture into an 8-inch greased and floured round pan. The greaseand flour will keep the mix from sticking to the pan.

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4 Bake at 350 °F (177 °C). (175 C.) for 30 minutes.

5 Let the cake cool for 5 minutes.

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Frost as desired.

Make an airy, spongy chocolate cake as a light dessert.Make a dense chocolate cake if you want the dessert to be decadentand rich.Add a hazelnut praline twist to your chocolate cake if you wantsomething original.Avoid baking by making a chocolate biscuit cake.Out of frosting? Try a chocolate chip cake!Make a walnut chocolate bread cake to enjoy with afternoon tea.Go for the crunch with a chocolate covered Oreo cookie cake.

Don't cut the cake or even try to remove it from the baking pan unless ithas been cooled for minimum of 5 minutes. Preferably, leave it to coolcompletely. Only cut or try to remove it from the baking pan before it iscompletely if there is a big issue with time or if your cake is supposedto be served warm.Consider adding some edible decorations like chocolate chips, creamflowers or beads, etc.Use half or double the amount of ingredients for a smaller or largercake, respectively.Try baking the cake at a slightly lower temperature to make it light andspongy. You will need to cook it a little longer, though.If you want a softer cake, add more baking powder.Want to know if your cake is baked? Put a toothpick in the center.You can use milk instead of water.Some people are vegetarians and do not eat eggs, so you will need toprepare Eggless cakes for them. Many people even don’t like having

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sour cream or butter. So what you can do is have some substitutes inplace of the eggs like rice flour. However if you use rice flour, beprepared for the cake batter to remain thin.If eggs are being used, whip the yolks and fold them in first and thenwhip the whites and fold them in in the end.

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