One Bowl Chocolate Cake

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One Bowl.

Sometimes you read those recipes that have a ton of ingredients and complicated steps like put these two ingredients together then softly let this other ingredient penetrate the other two etc. I have a solution for you. ONE BOWL chocolate cake. It is simple and easy. You throw all of the ingredients in a bowl and mix them together, the outcome is delicious. 

I found the one bowl chocolate cake recipe here and have made a few adjustments of my own.

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 2/4 cup flour
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup apple sauce
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup hot coffee
  • pinch of salt

The key differences between my recipe and the original are the apple sauce, brown sugar and coffee. The original recipe asks for white sugar, I think brown sugar tastes way better and gives it a richer color. I used apple sauce instead of oil,you can't taste the difference. Apple sauce is healthier and I think it makes the cake moister! Finally, instead of a cup of boiling water I used coffee because it makes the cake  more flavorful. The one thing about this recipe is I would suggest adding the coffee last. I also added a little bit of raw coconut! Bake these on 350 for about 20- 30 minutes. If you do cupcakes they will be ready much quicker.

I made one 9 inch round cake pan and 12 muffin sized cupcakes with this recipe!

Enjoy :) 

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Pecans & Mini Chocolate Chips & Egg less, edible batter

 

Are you looking for a simple cookie recipe? This is my personal favorite. These are technically pecan sandies with chocolate chips but are much softer as opposed to the classic shortbread consistency of pecan sandies! Below is the recipe I used which I adopted from here

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips

Basically you add all these ingredients together and bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes but I have a few suggestions.

  1. Cream the sugar first because it makes for a more even tasting cookie 
  2. One cup of pecans & one cup of mini chocolate chips is an estimate. I usually pour some, mix it in and keep pouring until I think the batter is pecan and chocolate chip filled 
  3. TASTE THE BATTER! There are no eggs and therefore no risk! 

P.s. When I made this batch I tried a sprinkle of cinnamon in the batter and if you're into that I would suggest it, great hint of flavor!