Wacky Cake

1-1/2 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
6 tablespoons salad oil
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup warm water
1/2 cup flaked coconut or chopped nuts (optional)

Sift flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder into 9-inch baking pan. Make 3 wells in the dry ingredients. Pour salad oil into first well, vinegar into second well, and vanilla into third well. Pour warm water over entire mixture. Stir with wooden spoon until well mixed. Stir in flaked coconut or chopped nuts, if desired. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.

[Number of servings not given, but probably serves 8.]