Name: Grandmothers’ Chocolate Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Ingredients: 1¼ teaspoons vanilla extract; 1¼ teaspoons baking soda; 1¼ teaspoons baking powder; 1½ cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 5 ounces (1¼ sticks) soft sweet butter; 2¾ cups firmly packed brown sugar; 3 large eggs; 1¼ cups buttermilk; 1½ cups cake flour; 1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon cocoa powder; 1¼ cups boiling water

Preparation info

Serves
10 to 12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

One-half of this cake comes from my grandmother, and the other half from my husband’s grandmother. I grew up eating the chocolate frosting and my husband grew up eating the cake. Put the components together and all that’s missing is a tall glass of milk.

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

1½ cups plus 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1¼ cups

Method

To make the cake

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Butter the cake pans.

Whisk together the cocoa and the boiling water in a small bowl, making a smooth paste. Set aside to cool.

Sift together the cake flour, all-purpose flou

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Grandmothers’ Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

Method

To make the cake

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