Wacky Chocolate Cake - Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free!

When I was recently visiting my parents, we made an old favorite: Wacky Chocolate Cake. My mom's recipe card has my childhood printing listing out the ingredients and instructions. It's so good and so easy. My daughter had a lot of fun making the cake almost all by herself.

I was struck by how simple the ingredients are and how there are no eggs and no milk. The only thing I need to substitute for my allergic husband (wheat, milk, eggs) is the flour. Well, that's easy!

Here is how I made it:

1 1/2 cup gluten-free flour mix

1 tsp ground chia seeds

1 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1 Tbsp vinegar

6 Tbsp oil

1 cup water

Mix all the dry ingredients with a fork in an 8 x 8 inch cake pan (no need to grease it).

Make two small wells and one large well in the flour mixture.

Put the vanilla, vinegar and oil each in their own wells.

Pour the water over top and mix well with the fork.

(If you prefer, you can do the mixing in a bowl and then transfer to the cake pan.)

Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Check with a toothpick.

You can ice it if you like, but I like it just as it is to snack on.

It disappears very quickly. You've been warned!