Deliciously Moist Chocolate Cake - No eggs!

Chocolate cake is one of my family's go to comfort foods. I love this recipe because it's easy to whip up and it is so delicious. It's the perfect amount of chocolate to curb any craving and is great either with an icing, powdered sugar or just on its own.

INGREDIENTS

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup cold water

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8 inch square pan. Now I am so not one of those people who does the whole, make a well for the wet ingredients thing. I simply throw it all in a bowl and turn on my mixer until it's combined. Expect the batter to be on the thinner side, but what is nice about that is that it spreads evenly in the pan. Pour the mixture into the greased pan and cook for 30-40 minutes or until a knife or tooth pick comes clean. It makes about 9 servings depending how big you cut your slices.

Super Easy and Basic Vanilla Icing

I'm a sucker for chocolate cake with vanilla icing, it's my go to when I'm having a sweet craving. I will throw a chocolate cake together and then slather it with icing after it's cool, and it took me a long time to perfect an icing. I find too many icing recipes to be too sweet, sorry but 5 cups of confectioners sugar is a lot of sugar.....hellllllooooooo Diabetes Below is my go to vanilla recipe, it makes enough for a small cake and can be easily doubled.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup confectioners sugar (icing sugar)
2 Tbsp butter softened
2 Tbsp milk
1/2 tsp vanilla (I like to over pour my vanilla a bit)

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix on medium/high until smooth (about 3-4 minutes depending on how soft your butter is).