Olive Oil Chocolate Cake
Olive oil makes a moister cake than butter ever has.
⏱ 50 min · easy · 🍽 serves 4
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cup strong hot coffee
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp cider vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350F and oil a 9x13 pan.
- Whisk all the dry ingredients together thoroughly in the pan itself or a large bowl.
- Whisk the oil, coffee, water, vinegar and vanilla in a jug.
- Pour the wet into the dry and whisk just until smooth. Do not overmix.
- Bake 30-35 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.
- Cool completely before cutting.
👨🍳 The vinegar reacts with the baking soda and is what gives the cake its lift. No eggs and no dairy anywhere.
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