Easy Bake Oven Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 4 teaspoons water

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, combine sugar, cocoa powder, flour, baking soda and salt.
• 2 stir with a wire whisk until blended.
• 3 with a pastry blender, cut in shortening until evenly distributed and mixture resembles corn meal.
• 4 spoon about 1/3 cup of the mixture into each of 11 small containers with tight fitting lids or ziplock bags.
• 5 seal containers.
• 6 label with date and contents.
• 7 store in a cool dry place.
• 8 use within 12 weeks.
• 9 to use:.
• 10 1 package cake mix.
• 11 4 teaspoons water.
• 12 mix together and stir with a fork or spoon until blended and smooth.
• 13 pour mixture into greased and floured 4 inch round miniature baking pan.
• 14 follow directions for child's oven, or bake in mom's preheated 375* oven for 12 to 13 minutes.
• 15 remove from oven and cool in pan on a rack for 5 minutes.
• 16 invert a small plate and remove pan.
• 17 when cool frost.