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moist chocolate cake

(1 rating)
bluelady avatar
Recipe by
Anna Mae Kantor
@bluelady
Berwick, PA

This is the very first cake I ever baked after we were married over 51 years ago. It's been made countless times and has always been a staple in my kitchen and everyone calls it My Chocolate Cake. That's why I gave it the title I did. I hope you try it and enjoy it as many times and as much as my family and friends have. I usually top it with Peanut Butter Buttercream Icing which I will also post.

(1 rating)
yield 10 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For moist chocolate cake

  • 2 c
    granulated sugar (scant)
  • 2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 3/4 c
    dark cocoa powder
  • 1/2 c
    melted butter
  • 1 c
    buttermilk (i use the powder kind and mix with water)
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1 c
    boiling water
  • 2
    large eggs

How To Make moist chocolate cake

  • 1
    In mixer, blend sugar and eggs.
  • 2
    In separate bowl, measure flour, baking powder, baking soda, and DARK cocoa. With a spoon, blend together to mix well. Set aside.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, add vanilla to buttermilk, get water boiling, and butter melted. (If you don't have buttermilk on hand, you can use regular milk and add a tsp of vinegar to it, this will make buttermilk).
  • 4
    Add all the ingredients to the mixer and beat (slowly at first) until just blended. Batter will be very thin.
  • 5
    Pour into greased and floured 9 X 13 pan and bake at 325 for about 45 minutes or until tests done. Try not to overbake.
  • 6
    Frost with -- Peanut Butter Buttercream Icing. Recipe follows:
  • 7
    When cake is cooled-- Blend 1 stick of softened Butter and 1/2 cup Crisco, with 3/4 cups creamy peanut butter in mixer. (More peanut butter, to taste, if desired).
  • 8
    Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla, about 4 tablespoons of milk and about 4 cups of powdered sugar and blend all together. If it's not the consistency you'd like, add BY TABLESPOONS (ONE AT A TIME) milk until consistency desired is reached.
  • 9
    You can also add a little cocoa powder to make this icing chocolate flavored.
  • 10
    I don't really have exact measurements for the icing. It's a recipe I just kind of put together and made it myself. But the ingredients and approximate measurements are here.
  • 11
    I ususally top the icing with either Chocolate and/or multi-colored jimmies, or else I use different colored candy or flowered shaped sprinkles just to make it pretty.
  • 12
    If you have too much icing -- you can put it in a container and freeze it for the next time. Just thaw it out and add it to your next batch of icing. It keeps for a very long time.
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