I wasn't for sure what to post today but after chanting "write what you know" to myself a few times as I baked my brother a cake I realized I should share the recipe! It's my favorite scratch cake I've made and everyone in the house has pestered me for weeks now to make it again. After Thanksgiving I got into a baking kick and I was baking new items nearly every day and the favorite in the house is still the Crazy Cake.
Since my brother heads back on the road tomorrow for work in Wyoming, I decided I'd be a nice sister and bake the cake for him since I've been slacking on being Betty Crocker as he refers to me, since school started.
The recipe comes from an old, extremely loved and worn cookbook that my mom has had....for forever. It's the Hodgeman County Bicentennial Cookbook of 1776-1976 to be exact. I wish I had photos to prove to you how much it's been used because it's literally starting to fall apart off of the spiral binding but our camera isn't working right now.
It's a pretty simple cake.
1 1/2 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
3 T. cocoa
1 T. vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla
6 T. oil
1 c. water
Mix and bake at 350 degrees until done. The recipe also says if you want two layers you have to double the recipe. It doesn't specify any time but I've found it's usually done in 25 to 30 minutes, but I always test the center of the cake before pulling it from the oven. The only thing I've changed in the recipe is that I like to put in an extra tsp. of vanilla. For icing, since I haven't found a scratch recipe I like yet, I just use a can of frosting from Betty Crocker, usually just white vanilla. Cream cheese frosting is good with it as well, but it's very very rich when combined with the moist cake.
I wish I had photos to share, but I don't. :(
Let me know if you give this recipe a shot and what you did for icing!
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