Never Fail Chocolate Cake

Here is another week of dessert recipes plus the other recipes.

Never Fail Chocolate Cake
Pauline John son

2/3 cup margarine
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoon soda
1 cup boiling water
2 teaspoon vanilla

Cream margarine and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla. Combine buttermilk and soda. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk and soda. Add boiling water and bake in loaf pan 25 minutes at 350 degrees. when cool frost with your favorite chocolate icing.

Chocolate Yweed Layer Cake

Two cake recipes today here is the first one....

Chocolate Yweed Layer Cake
Mrs. Vincent C. Solomon

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups cake flour
3 teaspoon baking powder
dash of salt
1 cup milk
3 squares unsweetened chocolate , grated
3 egg white

Cream together thoroughly butter and 1/2 cup sugar. Beat in vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder and salt and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients and beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate in batter. Beat egg whites until foamy. Add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, 1 Tablespoon at a time and beat until egg whites form soft peaks. Gently fold egg whites into batter. Turn into 3  8 -inch or 2  9-inch pans that have been greased and linded with waxed paper. Bake 20 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes then turn on top of wire racks to cool thoroughly. Spread frosting between layers, top and sides of cake. Pour chocolate shadow over top, allowing some to drizzle down sides of cake.

GOLDEN BUTTER CREAM FROSTING

3/4 cup butter, softened
3 egg yolks
2 1/4 cup confectioners sugar

Beat thoroughly 3/4 cup softened butter and egg yolks. Gradually add confectioners sugar, beating until smooth.


CHOCOLATE SHADOW

1  6-oz size semi-sweet chocolate pieces
2 to 4 Tablespoon warm water

Melt semi-sweet chocolate pieces over hot water in top of double boiler. Add enough warm water to make mixture thin enough to pour.

Chocolate Sheet Cake

Here is another chocolate cake recipe made from scratch.

Chocolate Sheet Cake
Mrs. Virginia B. Skinner

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 pound margarine
1/2 cup shortening
4 Tablespoon cocoa
'1 cup water
2 eggs
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Sift together sugar and flour. Combine margarine , shortening , cocoa and water. Bring to a rapid boil and pour over flour and sugar mixture. Add eggs, slightly beaten, soda, buttermilk and vanilla. Mix well. Pour on greased 12 x 18-inch cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

30 minute Chocolate Cake

who doesn`t love chocolate cake who is a recipe that only takes 30 minutes.

30 minute Chocolae Cake
Mrs. Armon Jordan

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup shortening
3 Tablespoon cocoa
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs

Combine sugar and flour. Mix margarine, shortening, cocoa and boiling water and beat well. Combine soda and buttermilk and add vanilla and eggs. Add flour and sugar to this mixture. Batter will be thin. Bake in long greased and floured pan 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

ICING

1 stick margarine
6 Tablespoon milk
3 Tablespoon cocoa
1 box confectioners sugar
1 cup pecans

Combine margarine, milk and cocoa and let come to a boil. Add confectioners sugar and pecans. Beat well and put on cake as soon as it is done.

Chocolate Nut Cake

Ohhh, Chocolate....

Chocolate Nut Cake
Mrs. Charles Mayer

2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup cocoa
2 teaspoons soda
1 cup boiling water
2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sour milk
1 cup nutmeats or coconut ( optional)

Cream sugar,eggs and shortening. Combine cocoa with soda in boiling water. Add to creamed mixture. Mix well, but do not beat. Add flour, salt, vanilla, milk and nutmeats. Bake in loaf pan or layers 3/4 hour at 350 degrees.

Wanda` Chocolate Cake

Here is another recipe using chocolate for those chocolate lovers out there.

Wanda`s Chocolate Cake
Lou Ann Carmean

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs, well beaten
1/4 pound margarine
1/2 cup shortening
4 Tablespoon cocoa
1 cup water

Mix flour and sugar. Melt margarine, shortening, cocoa and water. Bring to a boil. Add to flour and sugar. Add all ingredients except eggs and mix well. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Pour into 8 x 8-inch square pan. bake 30 to 45 minutes at 400 degrees. Serve warm with whipped cream.

Gertrude`s Chocolate Cake

Who doesn`t like chocolate?

Gertrude`s Chocolate Cake
Mrs. H. Griffin

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 stick margarine
1/2 cup shortening
4 Tablespoon cocoa
1 cup water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 egg, beaten
2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon soda

Sift sugar and flour. Combine margarine, shortening, cocoa and water. Bring to boiling point and pour over dry ingredients. Stir well. Add buttermilk, eggs, cinnamon,vanilla and soda. Mix well and pour into flat pan. Bake in oven until done.

Icing

1 stick margarine
4 Tablespoons cocoa
6 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 box confectioners sugar
1 cup pecans

Combine margarine, cocoa and milk and bring to a boil. Add confectioners sugar, vanilla and pecans. Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of oven.

Chcolate Cake

Who doesn`t love chocolate cake.

Chocolate Cake
Mrs. James D. Vessel

1/2 cup vegetable shoretning
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons soda
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2/3 cup cocoa

Mix all ingredients in order given. After mixing, add 1 cup boiling water. Add it slowly. Do not leave mixture set. Pour at once into prepared greased and floured round cake pans. Bake 30 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

* frost how you wish or eat without frosting.

Crazy Cake

I decided to have a crazy day. I made this along with Crazy meatloaf. This cake is very chocolate.

Crazy Cake
Mrs. Oren Chilton

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup plus 1 Tablespoon cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup plus 2 Tablespoons oil
2 Tablespoons vinegar ( I think this is the crazy part)
2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups cold water

Sift dry ingredients together. Add remaining ingredients and bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

I did not frost this cake, it didn`t need it.