One Bowl Chocolate Cake

Written By Shelby Lewellen

There are a million chocolate cake recipes out there. I know because I’ve made most of them — trendy ones, classic ones, box hacks, over-the-top layered ones with ingredients I had to Google first. But this one? This is the cake I keep coming back to.

It’s soft, rich, not too sweet, and comes together without a mixer and without making your kitchen look like a baking tornado touched down. Just one bowl, a whisk, and a little love. (Okay fine, technically I used two bowls because I like to weigh my ingredients. But you don’t have to. I won’t tell.)

This is the kind of cake you make when someone’s having a bad day. Or a really good one. Or when it’s Tuesday and you need something chocolatey and comforting. It’s reliable, easy, and honestly better than most of the complicated ones I’ve tried.

I call it my Butter + Bliss One Bowl Chocolate Cake. And if you’re the kind of person who licks the spatula before the cake even goes in the oven... you’re in the right place.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

  • 1 cup sugar

  • ½ cup cocoa powder

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • ½ tsp salt

  • 1 egg

  • ½ cup oil

  • 1 cup water

  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line your cake pan.

  2. In one bowl, whisk all dry ingredients.

  3. Add wet ingredients and mix until smooth.

  4. Pour into pan and bake for 30–35 minutes.

  5. Let cool before frosting.

Shelby Lewellen