As you can see by the picture, this cake makes a good 65th birthday cake. This recipe will set your world on fire even without all of the candles. We thought this was a very good chocolate cake recipe. The only thing we changed, was to add 2 tablespoons of cocoa. Either the squares of chocolate are different than they used to be, or it was a different kind. The cake was not very chocolatey with just the two squares the recipe called for, so we added the cocoa. We used the raisin filling recipe also by Aunt Rua for this cake and a powdered sugar glaze. This is Dad's favorite kind of cake. It is what his mom used to make him for his birthday.
Chocolate Cake-
1/2 C butter
2 t vanilla
1 lb brown sugar
2 eggs
2 squares melted chocolate
1/2 C buttermilk
2 1/4 C flour
1/2 t salt
2 t soda
1 C boiling water
Cream butter, add brown sugar, beat until fluffy. Add eggs. Stir in melted chocolate, buttermilk and vanilla. Add flour and salt. Stir soda into boiling water and add to the batter. Pour into baking pans. Bake 20-25 minutes at 350. The batter is very thin. We give it a 4.
Love the photo! You can tell you dad loves it!
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