Cazy Cake Variations

Crazy Cake aka: Depression cake is made completely in one cakepan … [NO Mixing Bowls and No Mixers needed] and NO eggs, NO butter, or NO milk needed

Crazy Cake Ingredients

1½ cups flour
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1-teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup vegetable oil
1-cup water

Crazy Cake Instructions

Preheat oven to 180˚C or 160˚C fan-forced. Grease an 8 inch square cake pan.
Combine flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda and salt in cake pan and stir.
Create 2 small and 1 large depression in the surface of the dry ingredients.
Pour vanilla and vinegar into a small depression and vegetable oil into the large depression.
Pour water or coffee over surface and stir until batter forms.
Bake for 35 minutes.

Ice with homemade peanut butter frosting if desired.

Icing Ingredients

5 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened room temp.
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt.

Photo courtesy of SweetLittleBlueBird

Popular variations include Crazy Cake Vanilla, Crazy Carrot Cake, Crazy Lemon Cake, Crazy Chocolate Mint Cake and a Chocolate and Kahlua Crazy Cake.