Can you leave cocoa powder out of a chocolate cake recipe?

If you can, do you need to replace the cocoa powder with something else? I don’t have any cocoa powder in the house, but I like this recipe.

Source: http://ducktyper.com/can-you-leave-cocoa-powder-out-of-a-chocolate-cake-recipe/

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