Peggys Chocolate Oil Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE OLIVE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
• Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl.
• With your mixer on low speed beat in the oil, vinegar, vanilla, and water until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into the two 9" prepared pans, coated with butter and dusted in flour or sugar.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until a cake skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Do not over bake the cake. It should be firm to the touch, and a cake skewer inserted in the middle of the cake should come out clean.
• Put the cake pans on cooling racks and cool for 15 to 20 minutes before removing the cakes from the pans to cool completely.
• Allow to cool completely before frosting.

CHOCOLATE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa.
• Add water, vegetable oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Beat by hand until smooth.
• Pour into a 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

GRANNY'S CHOCOLATE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9x13 cake pan.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add the rest of the ingredients for the cake. Beat for 2 minutes at medium speed
• 3. Pour into prepared pan, and bake 35 - 40 minutes until done.
• 4. When cake is almost done baking prepare frosting. Heat butter, cocoa, and milk to boiling. Pour over powdered sugar and mix well.
• 5. Allow cake to cool for about 10 minutes. Poke small holes in the cake, I use the end of a wooden spoon, then frost the cake while still warm.

ONE-BOWL CHOCOLATE-MAYONNAISE CAKE

Steps:

• To a large mixing bowl, add cocoa powder and chopped bittersweet chocolate (if using). Pour in boiling liquid, and let it sit for a few minutes, then whisk until smooth. The chocolate will have melted, if you used it, and the cocoa dissolved.
• Whisk in mayonnaise, salt, baking soda, 3/4 cup granulated sugar until smooth. Then whisk in a teaspoon of vanilla extract, if you have it (or a dash of Bourbon or brandy or just leave it out entirely). Finally, whisk in 1 1/2 cups flour (either all-purpose or cake flour), mixing vigorously to eliminate any lumps.
• Grease an 8- or 9-inch pan (square, round, star-shaped, anything is good). Pour the batter into the pan, and bake at 350 degrees for 22 to 40 minutes, until the top springs back when the center is lightly pressed. The deeper the pan, the longer it will take to bake through.
• Let cool, and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar to finish.

PEGGY'S CHOCOLATE OIL CAKE

Steps:

• Mix 1 cocoa with water then throw it all in one big mixing bowl and mix about 3 minutes. It makes a big cake, either 3 8" layers or 1 10 x 12 pan. If you try to bake it in a 9 x 12 it will run over. You can take a half cup dough out before you bake it if you can't find a 10 x 12. I bake it in my broiler pan. Bake at 350 for almost an hour. Start checking with a toothpick after about 50 minutes. Happy Baking