3 squares of Unsweetened Chocolate
1 Stick of Butter
Melt in double boiler, or in microwave for 30 seconds, stir & then another 30 seconds (repeat until chocolate is melted)
Mix 2 cups of Flour
2 teaspoons of Baking Powder
1 teaspoon of Salt together & sift well
Add to 2 cups of sugar
Mix 4 Eggs
1 cup Milk
2 teaspoons Vanilla
Add wet ingredients to the dry in large bowl, stir until smooth, add chocolate & butter slowly, scour pan or bowl with sugar to get all the chocolate out & add the sugar to the mix, stir well & bake in 2 9 inch pans at 350 for 20 min or so, until toothpick comes out cleanly, makes 24 cupcakes
[...] The chocolate cake recipe that my family nearly always uses is one that my great grandmother heard on the radio in the 1920s, copied down & tried, everyone in my family thinks it’s great (me, I got bored with it years ago & branched out into all kinds of other wonderful chocolate cake recipes, one time, I made a cake & my mother had a piece, she took one bite & said ‘this isn’t the recipe is it?’) [...]
By: Mental Junk Drawer « Am I Half Dead or Am I Doin’ fine? on March 20, 2008
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