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3 cups
flour
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2 cups
sugar
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1/2 cup
cocoa
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2 teaspoons
vinegar
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2 teaspoons
vanilla
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2 teaspoons
baking soda
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2/3 cups
oil
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2 cups
water
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1 teaspoon
salt
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Mix all of the ingredients together and bake in a greased/floured oblong cake pan at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
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5 tablespoons
butter
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1 cup
light brown sugar
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1/4 cup
milk
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1 1/2 cup
confectioners sugar
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
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Cook butter, light brown sugar and milk for 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring frequently (almost constantly). Cool for 10 minutes.
Ask the hotline about this step!Add confectioners sugar and vanilla. Stir and ice cake immediately.
Ask the hotline about this step!Yum! I completely agree, the simpler the better when it comes to a great chocolate cake. I love the addition of hot caramel icing - that is the perfect topping for a cake!!
I agree with everything Kelsey said, except --- maybe some vanilla ice cream, too? :)
Chef Michael Kiss is the Cooking Coach at Whole Foods Market in Rockville, Md.
There's rarely a cake in my house that doesn't come with vanilla ice cream!