Best Ever, No Fail Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
1 C flour
1 C sugar
3 tbsp cocoa (I always use a slightly more generous amount)
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp vanilla (this is my alternative - I once saw, on a cooking show, that it is a baker's secret to double the vanilla in recipes - a secret no more…I do it all the time - yum!)
1 egg
1 C buttermilk (or 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar in regular or milk alternative - I learned yesterday that soy milk works just as well from good ol' Google cs, as I mentioned, I had my milk-shortage problem)
5 tbsp melted butter or oil
Method:
Blend sugar & oil. Mix in egg. Add the other ingredients alternating wet & dry. (I usually cheat & put in all dry, mix, add all wet, mix. And I get away w/it. You decide…Bake @ 350 for 35 mins. Batter will appear really runny. Never fear, it comes out moist & rich & delicious, in the end!!