One Bowl Chocolate Cake
This easy-to-make chocolate cake is dark, moist, rich—and only dirties one bowl! Simple “from scratch” recipe gives you a home-baked cake with healthful canola oil and whole-wheat flour.
Yield
12 servingsPrep
20 minCook
35 minReady
60 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup |
whole-wheat pastry flour
plus 2 tablespoons |
|
| ½ | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ⅓ | cup |
cocoa powder
unsweetened |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| ½ | cup |
brown sugar, light
packed |
*
|
| 1 | large |
eggs
lightly beaten |
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
canola oil
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ½ | cup |
coffee
black, hot and strong |
|
|
powdered sugar
for dusting |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | ml |
whole-wheat pastry flour
plus 2 tablespoons |
|
| 118 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 79 | ml |
cocoa powder
unsweetened |
|
| 5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 118 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 118 | ml |
brown sugar, light
packed |
*
|
| 1 | large |
eggs
lightly beaten |
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
canola oil
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 118 | ml |
coffee
black, hot and strong |
|
| 1 | x |
powdered sugar
for dusting |
*
|
Directions
Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃) F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with a circle of wax paper.
Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Stir in buttermilk, brown sugar, egg, oil and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Add hot coffee and beat to blend. (The batter will be quite thin.)
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the cake until a wood stick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, remove from the pan, peel off the wax paper and let cool completely.
Dust the top with powered sugar before slicing.
