Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake
1/2 cup butter; 2 cups brown sugar;
2 eggs ;2 1/4 cup cake flour ;
1/4 tsp. salt ;1/2 cup sour milk* ;
1/2 cup boiling water ;1 tsp. soda ;
2 Tbsp. cocoa ;1 tsp. vanilla ;
1 tsp. baking powder ;
Mix dry ingredients, add
the softened butter and sour milk* and beat 1 min.
Add eggs and vanilla. Stir soda and cocoa into boiling
water and mix and then beat into cake mixture at the end.
Bake in greased and floured layer pan
or 9 x 13 inch cake pan at 350 degrees F. 30 or 35 mins
or until done.
**To sour 1/2 cup milk; add one of the following:
1 1/2 tsp. vinegar. Or 1 1/2 tsp. lemon juice.