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the most basic chocolate cake you can think of

Chocolate cake is a little too boring. Something a little more interesting but unlikely to be an issue for allergies like pineapple upside down cake is probably the play.

Perhaps not a true cake, but I usually go for brownies.
Very forgiving of small errors, but also easy to make better than any you can buy.
I'd suggest finding a popular recipe online, then sub some of the flour for more cocoa. Very few recipes use enough in my opinion.
Another low effort addition that people seem to love: Throw a layer of cookie mix at the bottom of the pan. Packet mix is fine, plain not chocolate works best.
You might need to pre cook it a little depending on the thickness and batter recipe.
Once that's dialed in though, soft, gooey and intensively chocolately Brownie over a light crunchy cookie layer is a delight.

make cupcakes instead. chocolate and vanilla. any color frosting you want

My banana cake recipe. You can add milk+sugar glaze on top, or (much better) caramelize slices.in butter and sugar and put some custard cream on top.

2 large ripe bananas
100g butter
130g sugar
200g flour
2 eggs
4g pack baking powder
4g vanilla sugar
2g salt

Cream room temperature butter with sugar, salt and vanilla. Add bananas and mash them with a fork, then add eggs one at a time and mix until incorporated. Sift in flour and baking powder, mix until incorporated.
Pour in a buttered loaf pan, bake at 175° for 45-50 minutes, take it out on a wire rack and let it cool to room temperature before cutting

>>1357
second this everyone loves brownies and they arent expected to be decorated or anything so no need to worry about it being "low effort"