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Food & Drink > Dessert Recipes Recipes: Chocolate cake

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Simple Chocolate Cake

Rough day? Squabble with the spouse? A little chocolate can go a long way toward a better mood.

My simple chocolate cake takes about 20 minutes to prepare, and 25 to bake. That's right, you're less than an hour away from a well-deserved chocolate binge.

What you'll need:
8 T (1 stick) salted butter
3 T unsweetened cocoa (splurge a little bit; Valrhona and Scharffen Berger come to mind)
1/4 c buttermilk*
1/2 c water
1 large egg, beaten
1/2 t vanilla (no imitation allowed!)
1 c all-purpose flour
1 c sugar (again, superfine baker's variety, if you have it...

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