Easy Chocolate Chip Snack Cake

This cake recipe, Easy Chocolate Chip Snack Cake, leans on all-purpose flour, lightly packed brown sugar and baking soda. It makes 9 servings and takes about 50 minutes.

• Yield 9 servings
• Ready in 50 minutes
• Prep 15 minutes
• Cook 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour ( for whole wheat)
• 3/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup room temperature water
• 1/3 cup neutral-flavored oil, like canola, vegetable or grapeseed
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (or mini chocolate chips)
• Powdered sugar, for dusting

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease an 8X8-inch baking pan and set aside. For glass pans, reduce the oven temperature to 325 degrees F.
2. Whisk flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt together in a medium bowl.
3. Make a well in the center and add the water, oil, vinegar, vanilla extract and chocolate chips. Stir until just combined and no dry streaks remain.
4. Pour the batter in the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake for 30-35 minutes until the top springs back lightly to the touch and a toothpick comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. Add additional time, as needed (might need a few more minutes if baking in a glass pan at 325 degrees F).
5. Optional: dust the top of the cake or individual slices with powdered sugar. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Cool the layers before you stack them.