3 Hole Chocolate Cake

 Originally posted 3/22/2020

Today would have been my father’s 95th Birthday. He passed away about a year after I was married, so he has been gone almost 28 years ago.

Dad’s favorite cake was a chocolate cake my mom would make called 3 hole chocolate cake. The cake was made in just one pan and was a dark chocolate cake with butter cream frosting. He wasn’t much of a sweet eater, except for this cake.

So today in honor of his birthday I decided to make this cake. It is very easy and even easier cleanup!

INGREDIENTS

3 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2/4 cup vegetable oil

2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp vinegar

2 cups cold water

PREPARATION

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa baking soda & salt) in rectangular baking pan.

Make 3 holes in dry ingredients, put oil in one, vanilla in another and vinegar in the 3rd.

Add 2 cups COLD water & mix. Bang pan on table to get the bubbles out.

Bake 30-40 minutes at 350 degrees, until toothpick comes out clean.

Make a basic white butter cream frosting. Frost, cut and serve.