3.23.2011

Grandma Bryce's Buttermilk Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
3/4 cup margarine or butter (1 1/2 cubes)
1/2 cup cocoa
3 eggs beaten
2 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1 1/2 teaspoons soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup boiling water


Directions:
Cream shortening, sugar and cocoa. Add eggs. Sift flour and soda. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla. Quickly add boiling water, last thing. Bake in two 9" layer pans at 350 for 35 minutes. Makes a large cake. 


Frosting:
1 package of powdered sugar
1/3 cube butter
1/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup whipping cream & add more as needed

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