Suzanne's Chocolate Cake
Suzanne made a delicious (and parve) chocolate cake one
night, so we had to get the recipe!
Cake ingredients:
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa (use only the good stuff: Suzanne likes Valhrona,
we've been using Sharfen Berger)
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup orange juice (NO PULP)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2 large eggs; room temperature
- 1 cup boiling water
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Grease and line 2 round pans with parchment paper. Or use 1 bundt pan.
Don't skip this step, even with non-stick pans!
- Combine dry ingredients in Cuisinart.
Add OJ, oil, vanilla, and eggs. Mix 1 minute.
- Add boiling water with a couple of quick pulses.
- Pour into pans.
- Bake 28-30 minutes for 2 pans or around 50 minutes for bundt. Test for doneness.
Chocolate Icing Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup margarine
- 2 cup icing sugar (confectioners is OK, superfine or regular sugar is not)
- 1/2 cup good cocoa
- 5 Tbsp. boiling water
- 2 tsp. vanilla
Preparation:
- Beat margarine, sugar and cocoa until light.
- Add water slowly until spreading consistency.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Spread onto cake when cool.