Aunt Almas Chocolate Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Mix in eggs and maple extract. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with coffee, beating batter until smooth after each addition. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.

GREAT AUNT LOLA'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix flour, sugars, soda and cinnamon.
• In heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat til melted and just UNDER a boil, don't boil!, the 2 sticks butter, 4 Tbl. cocoa and the 1 cup water.
• Pour over dry ingredients.
• Stir. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Stir well til all is combined.
• I use a large whisk for this.
• Scrape sides and bottom to incorporate all til smooth, but you don't have to over-mix. Pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• I use my old metal one for this, *it seems to come out MUCH better than using a glass one.
• Bake in 350º oven for 35-40 minutes, test with a toothpick.
• Remove from oven and while cooling, make icing.
• Fudge Icing:.
• In heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt and bring just UNDER a boil, the butter, cocoa and cream or milk.
• Stir in quickly the powdered sugar and vanilla til creamy.
• Then QUICKLY spread/pour over warm cake. Spread icing evenly over top.
• Chill in fridge til set.
• *For the icing, it's 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar or 1 (1 lb. ) box. It doesn't want to show up in the recipe.

AUNTIE BARB'S MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the sugar and margarine well and then add the buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla and eggs.
• Using a 2 cup measuring cup put the cocoa in and pour the boiling water overtop and mix well.
• Add this to the above mixture.
• Combine the flour and baking soda and add to the cocoa mixture.
• The batter will be thin.
• Pour the batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan.
• Bake a 350 for 30-40 minutes or when tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

AUNT ALMA'S CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together eggs and dark brown sugar. Add melted butter and melted chocolate; set aside. Combine sifted flour with baking soda and salt. Alternately add dry ingredients with buttermilk to sugar and butter mixture until batter is smooth. Then add 1/4 cup hot water and vanilla to batter. Mix well and pour into 2 greased and floured 9" cake pans. Reduce heat to 325 degrees and bake for 35-40 minutes.