Whole Wheat Chocolate Cake with Orange Frosting
This Whole Wheat Chocolate Cake with Orange Frosting is the perfect recipe for Halloween! Black and orange, it is a great festive dessert.
Ingredients
Cake
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- ½ cup salted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ¼ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
- ½ cup water
Frosting
- 4 oz salted butter, softened
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- orange gel food color (I mixed yellow and red)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a square pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together the milk and the vinegar. Set aside to “sour”.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg, scraping the sides of the bowl.
- In a separate bowl mix the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and cinnamon until fully combined.
- Add the water to the “soured” milk.
- Slowly alternate between mixing in the the dry ingredients and the milk ingredients to the butter mixture until fully incorporated.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake in the preheated oven for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Leave to cool completely.
- Beat the frosting ingredients together and frost cooled cake.
