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Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Contributor:  
Contributor:  
Aunt Mary Hanson
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1 tsp. soda

¾ c. Butter
4 T. Cocoa
1 c. water

½ c. sour milk or buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Sift together sugar, flour, and soda. Bring to a
boil butter, cocoa, and water. Mix above together. Add sour milk ( put 1 T. Lemon juice or vinegar to ½ c. milk) or use buttermilk, eggs, salt, and vanilla. Batter is very thin. Pour into 2- 8 “ round pans. Bake at 350º till toothpicks comes out clean. About 45 min.

Frost with vanilla frosting.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Depends on how big of pieces you cut.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 min plus cooking time.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This cake is one of my best memories of my Aunt Mary. My mom and us 3 kids and my Grandpa Yohe would go to Geneseo, Ill once a month to see my Aunt Mary and her family. Aunt Mary was my dad’s oldest sister. She would always make this chocolate cake. I loved it. And she would have her sweet pickles that she had made also. I loved my Aunt Mary and her daughter, Chris. Chris is my age and we spent a lot of time together.

 

 

 

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