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Just the thought or a picture of a chocolate cake is enough to make most of us mouths water. And for us chocoholics, there's nothing much better. Remember the wonderful old-fashion chocolate cakes your mother and/or grandmother used to make? Now you can make them too. Here are some delicious chocolate cake recipes that could have come straight from that little old recipe box that sat in your grandmother's kitchen.
Miz Maxine's Chocolate Fudge Cake
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter (margarine)
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cups boiling water
Cream sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk together. Sift dry ingredients together. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with the boiling water. Bake in a 9 x 13 inch pan in a 350 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup shortening or butter
3 eggs
1 1/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
1/2 to 2/3 cup sauerkraut, chopped, rinsed, drained
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Add vanilla, salt and cocoa. Sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Alternating, add flour mixture and water. Fold in sauerkraut. Bake in a greased and floured 9x13-inch pan at 350 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes. Frost with your favorite frosting.
1/4 lb butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup water
4 tbsp cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup pecans
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Mix butter, shortening, water, and cocoa in pan and bring to a boil. In bowl, mix sugar and flour. Pour liquid mixture over dry ingredients and ten add eggs, milk, vanilla, and pecans. Cook in a greased and floured loaf pan 20 to 30 minutes at 325 degrees.
ICING
1 1/4 lb butter
4 tbsp cocoa
4 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 box powdered sugar
Five minutes before cake is done start the icing. Melt butter, cocoa, milk in pan. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix in 1/2 cup pecans. Ice cake while it is hot.
Enjoy!
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