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Sleepy Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Sleepy Cake

12 ingredients 1 - 8 inch cake openrecipes
Sleepy Cake

"This is a very easy cake to make. No creaming of shortening or butter, and no sifting. It is called sleepy cake because you could do it in your sleep, and because you pour coffee over the batter--a mistake anyone could make on a sleepy morning!"

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

922
Calories
22g
Protein
29g
Fat
137g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coffee not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup cold, strong, brewed coffee

Directions

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By allrecipes · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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