Gran's Favorite Chocolate Cake

Submitted by KlynnPadilla

"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!"

 

• Ready In: 37mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• Cake

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup oil
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• Fudge Icing

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1 cup mini marshmallows
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips (your preference)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Cake:.
2. Place flour, sugar and salt in mixing bowl; set aside.
3. Bring butter, oil, water and cocoa to a boil; add to flour mixture and beat well.
4. Add beaten eggs, soda, buttermilk and vanilla; combine well.
5. Pour into greased 13x9 pan and bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until done. Frost with Fudge Icing.
6. Icing:.
7. Bring to boil butter, sugar and milk for 1 1/2 minutes; remove from heat.
8. Add marshmallows and chocolate chips; mix until melted. Cool, then add vanilla.
9. Spread over slightly warm cake.

Reviews

[Studentchef]

Although it was a very nice cake, it did not take 25 minutes to bake properly. And after another 5 minutes it still fell apart. I think it needs 40-45 minutes to bake. The edges were properly baked though, and that was very good, but the more I baked it the more the edges got a littl on the overdone side.

 

[TasteTester]

This recipe makes a yummy, fudgy cake -- just the way the kids like it. The icing tasted a little too chocolately for me, so I added an extra 1 cup of marshmallows and it was then just right for my taste. It's a cake I will be making again. Thanks for posting, Klyn!