Susan's Grandmother's Cake

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 960.5
  • Total Fat: 42.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 164.6 mg
  • Sodium: 1,527.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 140.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.8 g
  • Protein: 9.8 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Susan's Grandmother's Cake calories by ingredient


Introduction

A traditional cake taken from a 1950's cookbook. A traditional cake taken from a 1950's cookbook.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    Cake
    3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
    2 1/4 cups cake flour
    1 cup butter
    1 1/2 tsp. salt
    1 1/2 tsp baking soda
    1 1/8 tsp. baking powder
    3 eggs
    1 7/8 cup milk
    1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

    Frosting
    6 oz. unsweetened chocolate
    4 1/2 Tbsp. butter
    4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
    1/8 tsp. salt
    2 tsp. vanilla extract
    10-11 Tbsp. milk

Directions

Melt chocolate and butter in double boiler.

Combine dry ingredients in cake mixing bowl. Add chocolate/butter mixture, milk, and vanilla. Mix on speed 2 with flat beater (in a cake mixer) for 1 minute.

Add eggs. Beat speed 2 for 30 seconds. Scrape bowl. Beat speed 6 for 1 minute.

Pour into 2 9-inch greased and floured pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans.

FROSTING

Melt butter and chocolate together. In mixing bowl beat butter/chocolate mixture and rest of ingredients. Beat until smooth.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ZUMBACYN.