Depression Fudge Cake

Submitted by Lali8752

"This cake became popular during the depression. It is eggless"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons cocoa, heaping
• 1⁄4 cup butter

• Cocoa Frosting

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• hot water (enough to moisten sugar)
• 2 2⁄3 tablespoons butter
• 3 teaspoons cocoa, heaping

directions

1. Melt cocoa and butter.
2. Put soda in buttermilk.
3. Mix dry ingredients first and add cocoa last.
4. Bake in a greased and floured 8 in.
5. pan for 25 min at 350F degrees.
6. -------Cocoa Frosting--------.
7. Mix sugar and water.
8. Add softened butter and cocoa.
9. Beat until creamy.
10. Add 1 tsp vanilla.
11. Stir until smooth and ice cake.

Reviews

[Samuel Holden]

WOW, and I do mean WOW! I'd just made the cake and had it with cream, but I was bored this afternoon and made the frosting... WOW!!! death by chocolate!!! incredible!!! my BF is gunna get really sick of this cake I'm going to make it at least once a week!!! Great for visitors, a bit messy when Icing it though! LOL... Yum!

 

[Tracy]

I'm from New Zealand & I don't have buttermilk at home so used milk with a tablespoon of lemon juice in it. My 9 year old daughter helped also. Easy to make. It has to be one of the niciest Fudge Cakes I've made. It's now a firm favourite in our house & at work. One problem - it never lasts long enough with 3 kids in my house.

 

[Anu_N]

Loved this cake! I made it this morning for a friend, and although I didn't have time for the icing, it tasted great even without it. I melted the butter-cocoa mixture in the microwave, and it made my job a whole lot easier. Baking soda causes the cake to rise really well, so for a richer cake, slice it in half horizontally, make double the amount of icing, ice the top of the bottom layer as well, and press the two layers together for a decadent chocolate treat! This cake took an hour of baking in my oven.

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

Oh well, it is so good! I wished while I was baking this cake that I were a spoon or bowl in which the ingredients were mixed by me to make it. I used 1 cup (minus 1 tbsp) of Fresh milk and added 1 tbsp of lemon juice instead of the buttermilk. Rest of the things I have stuck to this recipe. It's a very nice cake and quite easy too. The fact that it is eggless makes it all the more nice as many people I know don't have eggs at all, hence, I have many more soon going to be "lovers" of this cake! I'd say that if your depressed or low, request mom to make this for u if u love cakes n chocolate - Just put in 1 piece of cake and watch your depression run away for miles from you:) Last but not the least, I loved the deep dark brown colour of the cake when done. I garnished it with some chopped almonds and maraschino cherries that made it look all the more yummy and mouth watering and oh well, my stomach says "Give me more of Depression Fudge cake now and NOW means NOWWWWWW"!!!:)

 

[BarbaraK]

This was wonderful. I doubled the recipe after reading Charishma's comments and it still came out good. It was also easy to make. I didn't use my mixer at all.