·        ¼ cup (25g-1oz) cocoa powder

·        1/3 cup vegetable oil

·        1 2/3 cups flour (do not use self raising flour)

·        1 cup water

·        1 cup brown sugar

·        ½ teaspoon vanilla

·        ½ teaspoon salt

·        1 teaspoon vinegar

·        1 teaspoon baking soda

·        ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips (optional)

·        Cake tin

·        Fork

Directions:

·        Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius (350 Fahrenheit -Gas mark 4).

·        Put the flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in the cake tin, and mix well with fork  

·        Add everything else except for the chocolate chips, and stir well.

·        Sprinkle chocolate chips over mixture.

·        Bake in the top half of the oven for 35-40 minutes or until done.

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