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Grandma's Quick Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup hot water
1/2 cup sour milk (vinegar in milk to sour)
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
ICING
regular butter icing recipe with 1/2 butter and 1/2 peanut butter
Directions:
Directions:
Mix cocoa, butter and hot water to melt cocoa.
Add sour milk and baking soda.
Add sugar and beat well.
Egg in last gives a shine to cake top if not using icing.

Bake @ 350º in 8" x 8" pan for 35 - 40 minutes.
*Batter will be very thin. Ice with peanut butter icing.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Grandma made this for her family so its very old.
Was very popular during depression years.
Pastor Paul Juss used to make this recipe for his family when he was a boy. Very excited to taste it again.
Laura Stelly from Beaumont, Texas gave me a daisy design pan 2001 that holds this recipe doubled. Sprinkle with icing sugar.

 

 

 

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