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Siren's
Chocolate Cake |
This
is the default chocolate birthday cake for our family.
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
21⁄2 cups flour
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
4 squares (ounce) unsweetened chocolate
1 stick butter
Beat eggs with buttermilk and add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients
and add to egg mixture, then add butter and chocolate which have
been melted together in double boiler. Beat thoroughly. Pour into
2 greased 8-inch cake pans and bake about 40 - 45 minutes at 325º.
Original recipe said 30 minutes at 350º. I changed it. I don’t
remember why. I think the edges were getting done before the middle.
I usually use mocha frosting for this cake:
2 cubes butter softened
1 - 11⁄2 boxes powdered sugar
1⁄2 - 3⁄4 cups cocoa powder
1 tablespoon instant coffee dissolved in about 1 tablespoon hot
water
1 tablespoon vanilla
Add cream if it seems too thick
Note:
Substitute for buttermilk:
1 1⁄2 cup sour cream
1⁄2 cup milk
-Marion Hutchins |
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