WHAT????? Is it April Fools Day????????????? Well, yes it is but that’s not why we’re here posting TWO blogs in one day. We’re here because our buddies and pals at Canadian Cats and Easyweimaraner (Shoko and Tyebe and our friends Phenny and Nelly in Brittany) have started a NEW monthly blog posting Hop with a recipe exchange! You can join the hop at either of their blogs – just click the links and voila – get cookin’ !
Sharing a recipe – which I have tons of because I already host a Saturday BACON Recipe post…………………BUTTTTT I’ll try not to make it all about bacon and save that for Saturdays.
Mostly I’m going to go for EASY……………EASY to make stuff is my specialty. Ready? How about a SUPER SIMPLE chocolate cake?
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
- 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup hot water
- Frosting of your choice (already made stuff is fine!)
- Colored sprinkles, optional but cute……..
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 13×9 inch baking pan. In a large bowl, whisk the first 6 ingredients. Stir in eggs, oil and buttermilk. Add water; stir until combined.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Frost cake. If desired, decorate with sprinkles (they are cute!)
SEE? I told you it would be easy………….there you have it. Now make it so you can EAT it!
Thanks to our Blog Hop Hosts……………those wacky Weimaraners and those crazy Canadian Chicks………………..I’m sure there will be some great recipes that come out of this. HAVE FUN EVERYONE.
TWO Spoiled Cats 
It certainly seems easy! We are always ready to try a chocolate cake. I am not a baker but SSNS would take this on. I think I would need a 13×9 inch baking pan. Lots of things didn’t make the move with us! With chocolate cake, often we don’t even bother with icing.
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I’m with you on the icing thing………but if I did ice it I would use the “off the shelf stuff” in a can because it’s DELISH!!!! Two blogs from us in one day. WOW. 🙂
Hugs, Chef Ted and his Mom
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The recipe has my name on it WILL do it
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Well the best part really is the fact it’s so dingy dangy EASY!
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I don’t drink buttermilk so I’d have to pour out what isn’t used. Can it take regular milk?
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YES INDEED! Regular works – buttermilk somehow seems richer but doesn’t matter which you use !
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chocolate cake …aaah that is soulfood… and chocolate is the stuff we need da most… specially now!!!
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Chocolate is the ultimate comfort food – right boys? Thanks for co-hosting this new hop – I hope lots of others join in the fun!
Hugs, Teddy
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Looks yummy-yummy! Chef Teddy, are you going to be able to keep up with all this cooking???
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Well I sure hope so….we wanted to support our buddies starting a new monthly Cooking Hop….that means I’m one busy dood in the kitchen!
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Sounds delicious!!!
The Florida Furkids
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Delicious is secondary to EASY…..HAHAHAHA
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That sounds great Teddy. Thanks for sharing. I am surprised there is no bacon in it 🙂 XO
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That’s SATURDAY! LOL This is a new Hop for Shoko/Tyebe and Phenny/Nelly and there will I think be ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL kinds of yummy recipes shared. Not many seem to be pawticipating yet though!
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My mother made this one but the hot water was hot coffee and there were 2 tsps of baking powder. It’s was always a very moist cake. She had a small bundt and then she didn’t ice it. If she did it in a rectangle there would be a thin layer of icing because you really don’t need it except it looks pretty.
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Oh hot coffee is a good idea! I agree about icing – with a chocolate cake it’s definitely optional stuff……..pretty but optional…….. 🙂
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Sometimes she’s use a thin glaze if we were getting company but not too much. The cake was the star not the icing.
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I agree – chocolate needs no embellishment…..! ❤
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That sounds so easy, i will try it soon.
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We like EASY around here!!!! 🙂 Good Morning!
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Yum, the Dad says chocolate cake is always a winner!
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Amen to that!
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Chocolate?!?! Yup, you can count me in!
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Glad we have a crowd of chocoholics – I might even stick with chocolate for my theme for this new blog hop…………LOL
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Ooooh…splendid idea! One can never have too many chocolate recipes.
P.S. Thank you for the follow. We 💖 visitors, especially fellow chocolate lovers.
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We can’t imagine WHY we hadn’t thought to follow you before now! Blame it on the MOM……….!
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Bwahahaha! No worries, we thrilled you’re on board now.
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Yummmmmmmmy to my tummmmmy for sure. I have a confession:
My name is Cecilia and I am addicted to Chocolate
Hugs
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You’re not in that CLUB alone girlie! Make room for ME!
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Easy is good since that is about all I can handle in the kitchen.
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Well this qualifies for sure!
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Can’t go wrong with a super simple chocolate cake! Yum! Mom and I have never met a food that didn’t get better with some rainbow sprinkles! Good call.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Oh yes indeed – rainbow sprinkles here we come!
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Terrible recipe. No seeds at all????
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They’d get stuck in your craw….
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Yummy 😋 I drink a glass of buttermilk every morning so I have it on hand. I haven’t made a cake in years. I might need frosting.
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It’s just as tasty without frosting………! If you have any bakers chocolate or chocolate candy you could melt you could make some quickie frosting in a pinch but it’s not necessary – it’s a tasty little cake!
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Teddy that is a nice recipe and now that Dad is stuck home he may cook one up
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Oh boy -it’s a super duper easy recipe…………..we like EASY around here!
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What an easy like cake from scratch. Sounds yummy too. Thank you Teddy for the great recipe.
Shoko
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Thanks to you Shoko and Tyebe for co-hosting the new HOP! ❤
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Seems like with all the humans stuck inside…there’s been a whole lotta baking going on. 🙂
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Yes which really is a WIN WIN WIN !!!!!
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Sounds yummy. Here favorite recipe is an easy one and anything chocolate is always good. Mom hopes we can join the hop next time. She’s been helping Mom Jean get the hop part set up. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer
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We think the Hop will get “busier” in time….you were sweet to help Mom Jean…….we linked to both of the co-hosts as we weren’t sure if we needed to do that or not.
Hugs, Teddy
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You can’t go wrong with chocolate cake, Teddy. I should have all those ingredients apart from sprinkles, but I do have little chocolate chips sitting in the fridge waiting to be used! I am not an icing fan either, but apart from that I am good to go. I have been doing lots of baking since we have been on lock down and made raspberry and apple sponge pudding today.
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Oh that sponge pudding sounds wonderful! You must share that recipe! YOU MUST! 🙂
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Sounds wonderful. Hope your having a great day.
Sue
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you too – – – and stay safe!
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Would this recipe work for a layer cake? Or does it have to be doubled? Of course my human has to be difficult.
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It makes a pretty small cake…..so doubling would be best if doing a couple of layers!
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Sheesh, now I want some cake! Chocolate please!!
I need to look in our cookbooks to find a yummy paleo/keto one…chocolate is ok on both, but its the sugar and flour…
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I believe you, Teddy, such a tasty chocolatecake can’t hurt the yummy in the tummy…Btw…this could be a good desert…after the bacon 😉 😸Clean Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend. Stay Safe Healthy and Yourselfie🙏🐾😽💞
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Or sprinkle some bacon on top of the chocolate cake….oh boy…..now you’re talkin’ !!!!
HAPPY WEEKEND……love, Teddy 🙂
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