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Grandma’s Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 C butter
2 C sugar
1 t salt
1 t vanilla
2 eggs
2 ¼ C flour
1 C buttermilk
½ C cocoa
2 t baking soda
5/8 C hot water
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla together. Add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Add flour, buttermilk, and salt, beat an additional two minutes. In a separate bowl, mix cocoa, baking soda, and hot water together. Add this mixture to the rest of the batter and mix well. Bake for about 40 minutes.
 

Grandma’s Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
6 T cornstarch
2 C of water
4 oz semi-sweet chocolate
2 C sugar
2 T butter
1 t vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Put sugar and cornstarch in a two-quart saucepan, mix together well. Add water and chocolate, cook on medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla, When the butter has melted, beat well and let cool. Pour over the chocolate cake.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe was shared with me by my friend Liz Nielsen in 1985, we were juniors in high school.

 

 

 

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