Old-fashioned chocolate cake
1 cake
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Butter or margarine |
| 1⅔ | cup | Sugar |
| 3 | Eggs | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla extract |
| 2 | cups | All-purpose flour |
| ⅔ | cup | Cocoa |
| 1¼ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Baking powder |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1⅓ | cup | Water |
| ½ | cup | Hard peppermint candy; finely crushed (optional) |
| One-Bowl Buttercream | ||
| Frosting | ||
Directions
Heat oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan. In large mixer bowl combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat on high speed 3 minutes. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add alternately with water to creamed mixture. Blend just until combined; add candy, if desired. Pour into prepared pan(s). Bake 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick unserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan(s). Cool completely; frost with One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting. Submitted By NANCY VAINE On 07-12-95