1-2 Chocolate Cake
If you've got whole wheat flour, granulated sugar and unsweetened chocolate, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 7 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 7 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven and saucepan. At medium difficulty across 7 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (1)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
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How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 175 C and lightly grease a 20 cm square or round cake tin, lining the base with baking paper.
- Melt the unsweetened chocolate gently in a heatproof bowl set over barely simmering water or in short bursts in the microwave, then let it cool slightly.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the whole wheat flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
- Add the vegetable oil, egg, vanilla extract and melted chocolate, then beat until smooth and well combined.
- Pour in the hot water and stir gently until the batter is thin and even; the thin batter is normal and gives a moist crumb.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
- Cool the cake in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
You'll use: Oven · Saucepan · Whisk · Microwave
Tips & common questions
How long does 1-2 Chocolate Cake take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 7 steps and 9 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is 1-2 Chocolate Cake vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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1-2 Chocolate Cake is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Chocolate cake and Victoria sponge.jpg by Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.