# Chocolate cake

An easy and budget-friendly chocolate cake inspired by the depression cake recipe.

- Cook time: 40 min
- Category: Dessert
- Difficulty: easy
- Diet: vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup hot coffee or boiling water
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup sugar (optional)
- 1/2 cup boiling water (optional)
- 1/4 cup cocoa (optional)

## Instructions

1. Whisk together coffee, cocoa, sugar, oil, and vinegar.
2. Add the flour and baking soda and mix until just combined.
3. Pour into a lined cake tin and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for around 40 minutes, or until a skewer when inserted in the middle comes out clean.
4. Mix together syrup ingredients until smooth. Pierce holes in the cake when it comes out of the oven and drizzle the syrup on while the cake is still warm.

## Equipment

- cake tin

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc3KPHkO3a1/
- Creator: Alice Taylor
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0a7c581f-8813-47a8-b7cb-2b6317647619
- Extracted: 2026-09-17

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