Home-made Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup

Makes about 16 ounces (2 cups)

Like Hersheys chocolate syrup but without the chemicals and high fructose corn syrup.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/4 cups water
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Dash salt

Directions:

1. In a 2-quart saucepan, combine the cocoa powder, water, sugar and salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Mix with a whisk until smooth.
2. Stir constantly with a whisk or a wooden spoon until it boils.
3. Allow it to boil for 1-2 minutes.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Add vanilla.
6. Syrup will be very thin. Allow to cool completely and it will thicken to about the same consistency as Hershey’s syrup.

Store the syrup in a mason jar or any other container. It will keep for several weeks in the fridge.

Original Recipe at Babysavers.com

Crazy Cake (No eggs, milk, butter or bowls)

Make it in the pan you bake it in.  Also known as Wacky Cake & Depression Cake- No Eggs, Milk, Butter,Bowls or Mixers! Super moist & delicious!  Recipe dates back to the Great Depression. It's darn good cake!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups flour (all-purpose)
• 3 Tbsp. cocoa (unsweetened)
• 1 Cup sugar (All purpose sugar - Granulated Pure Cane Sugar)
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp.  salt

• 1 tsp. white vinegar
• 1 tsp.  pure vanilla extract
• 5 Tbsp. vegetable oil 
• 1 Cup water 

Directions 
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix first 5 dry ingredients in a greased 8" square baking pan.  Make 3 depressions in dry ingredients - two small, one larger (see #3 in photo below). Pour vinegar in one depression, vanilla in the other and the vegetable oil in third larger depression.  Pour water over all.  Mix well until smooth.

Bake on middle rack of oven for 35 minutes.  Check with toothpick to make sure it comes out clean. Cool.  Top with your favorite frosting.  Enjoy!

Note:  Oven cooking times may vary, be sure to check your cake to make sure you do not over bake.

Original Recipe:  http://www.sweetlittlebluebird.com/2013/03/tried-true-tuesday-crazy-cake-no-eggs.html