White Sugar
The uniform size of the...
Details page sections
Cakes
Chocolate Wonder Cake
15 mins
1 hours
10 mins
Easy
8
An easy to make chocolate cake with a decadent chocolate ganache icing.
Keep my screen awake
- Ingredients
- Method
Ingredients
- 3 cups plain flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups Chelsea White Sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup sunflower or vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsp white vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 cups cold water
Milk Chocolate Ganache
- 200g milk cooking chocolate, chopped
- ⅓ cup cream
Additional tips
This cake is egg free. For a dairy free option or a simple icing, sift together 1 cup Chelsea Icing Sugar and 2 tablespoons cocoa. Add 2 teaspoons of soften butter or dairy free butter substitute and 1-2 tablespoon boiling water. Mix well and spread over the cake, allowing some to run down the sides. Allow to set.
Chelsea Products in Recipe
Reviews
10
What did you think of this recipe?
Judith
Lovely moist cake - so useful to have such an easy egg-less cake
5
Sarah
This was so easy to make and was delicious, very moist.
5
alexis
cooking time very inaccurate ,had mine in for that time
5
Sylvia Dunn
Can't wait to try it, sounds absolutely scrumptious, but then, what is not perfect about your recipes. As an expat living abroad, I love to test them out on my neighbours and friends. So far everything has been a rip roaring success. Thank you.
5
Lyn Emmens
Very Easy cake to make very moist has kept well in a cake tin Yummy
5
Raewyn Furnell
Cake looks delicious. Dying to try it but notice doesn't have baking powder. *****CHELSEA: Hi there, this recipe uses baking soda instead of baking powder. The baking soda helps the cake to rise nicely when combined with the moisture, heat and vinegar.
5
Merania
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm thx for the good recipe
5
Debbie
My husband's cousin Rosie gave me this recipe years ago, 40 years! And I lost it, so typed Wonder Cake and I'm so happy to have it back! I remembered everything, but one ingredient, so my husband kept coming up with funny things to put, and he said vinegar, I thought about it and it sounded right, I guess that's the wonder...it's a really good cake recipe and oh so easy. Thank you!
5
Katie
Cooking time is very inaccurate. Had mine in for 45min and pretty sure it's over done :(
2
1455505532
it sounds yummy
5
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease and line the base of a 22cm or 23cm cake tin.
Sift the flour, cocoa and baking soda into a bowl. Add the sugar and salt and mix to combine. Make three deep holes in the mixture with a spoon. Pour the oil into one hole, vinegar into the second and vanilla into the third. Pour cold water over the top and stir well with a fork or whisk until combined.
Pour into prepared tin and bake for 1 hour, 10 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake come out clean with only moist crumbs sticking to it. Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then gently remove from the tin onto a cooling rack. Cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache: Heat the cream in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat and stir in the chocolate until it has melted and the mixture is smooth. Spread over the cooled cake or refrigerate until it has thickened and then spread over the cake.
Store any leftover cake in an airtight container for up to two days.
Additional tips
This cake is egg free. For a dairy free option or a simple icing, sift together 1 cup Chelsea Icing Sugar and 2 tablespoons cocoa. Add 2 teaspoons of soften butter or dairy free butter substitute and 1-2 tablespoon boiling water. Mix well and spread over the cake, allowing some to run down the sides. Allow to set.
Chelsea Products in Recipe
White Sugar
The uniform size of the...
Reviews
10
What did you think of this recipe?
Judith
Lovely moist cake - so useful to have such an easy egg-less cake
5
Sarah
This was so easy to make and was delicious, very moist.
5
alexis
cooking time very inaccurate ,had mine in for that time
5
Sylvia Dunn
Can't wait to try it, sounds absolutely scrumptious, but then, what is not perfect about your recipes. As an expat living abroad, I love to test them out on my neighbours and friends. So far everything has been a rip roaring success. Thank you.
5
Lyn Emmens
Very Easy cake to make very moist has kept well in a cake tin Yummy
5
Raewyn Furnell
Cake looks delicious. Dying to try it but notice doesn't have baking powder. *****CHELSEA: Hi there, this recipe uses baking soda instead of baking powder. The baking soda helps the cake to rise nicely when combined with the moisture, heat and vinegar.
5
Merania
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm thx for the good recipe
5
Debbie
My husband's cousin Rosie gave me this recipe years ago, 40 years! And I lost it, so typed Wonder Cake and I'm so happy to have it back! I remembered everything, but one ingredient, so my husband kept coming up with funny things to put, and he said vinegar, I thought about it and it sounded right, I guess that's the wonder...it's a really good cake recipe and oh so easy. Thank you!
5
Katie
Cooking time is very inaccurate. Had mine in for 45min and pretty sure it's over done :(
2
1455505532
it sounds yummy
5
You May Like These
ingredients
- 1 cup Edmonds Self Raising Flour (150g)
- 2 Tbsp Chelsea White Sugar
- ½ tsp finely grated lemon zest (optional)
- 1 cup Meadow Fresh Milk (or Soy/Rice milk) (250ml)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 30g Butter, melted (or margarine)
To serve
- 2 bananas, sliced
- 1 punnet blueberries (or frozen berries, defrosted)
- Chelsea Flavoured Syrup - Maple or Honey Maple.
ingredients
- 125g butter, softened
- ¾ cup Chelsea Caster Sugar or Chelsea Organic Raw Sugar (170g)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed banana (about 2 large bananas)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 tsp Edmonds Baking Soda
- 2 Tbsp hot Meadow Fresh Milk
- 1 ¾ cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour (263g)
- 1 tsp Edmonds Baking Powder
Icing
- 1 ½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g)
- 1 Tbsp butter, softened
- 1 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2-3 Tbsp boiling water
ingredients
- 250g butter
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups Chelsea White Sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 cup Edmonds Standard Grade Flour
- 1 tsp Edmonds Baking Powder
ingredients
- 200g butter
- 1 cup Chelsea White Sugar
- 1 cup Chelsea Soft Brown Sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 3 cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp Edmonds Baking Powder
- 2 cups chocolate chips
ingredients
- 150g butter, softened
- 2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (300g)
- 1-2 Tbsp hot water
- ½ - 1 tsp of vanilla essence (or flavour of your choice, optional)
- food colouring (optional)
learn about baking
How to Choose SugarFor Baking?
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt