Gran's Favorite Chocolate Cake
My great-great aunt's chocolate cake recipe. My grandmother contributed it to a church cookbook, and I can hardly make out the ingredients for all the chocolate spatters on the page!
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INGREDIENTS
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- 2cups flour
- 2cups sugar
- 1⁄2teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2cup butter
- 1⁄2cup oil
- 4tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1cup water
- 2
- 1⁄2cup buttermilk
- 1teaspoon baking soda
- 1teaspoon vanilla
Fudge Icing
- 6tablespoons butter
- 1 1⁄2cups sugar
- 1⁄3cup milk
- 1
- 1⁄2
- 1teaspoon vanilla
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DIRECTIONS
- Cake:.
- Place flour, sugar and salt in mixing bowl; set aside.
- Bring butter, oil, water and cocoa to a boil; add to flour mixture and beat well.
- Add beaten eggs, soda, buttermilk and vanilla; combine well.
- Pour into greased 13x9 pan and bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until done. Frost with Fudge Icing.
- Icing:.
- Bring to boil butter, sugar and milk for 1 1/2 minutes; remove from heat.
- Add marshmallows and chocolate chips; mix until melted. Cool, then add vanilla.
- Spread over slightly warm cake.
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