Mrs Moores Chocolate Cake Recipes

OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. In a saucepan, melt 1 cup of butter. Stir in 1 cup water and 4 tablespoons cocoa powder. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, dissolve the baking soda in 1/2 cup of buttermilk. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the cooled cocoa mixture.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the cocoa buttermilk mixture. Stir until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Ice the cake with Buttermilk Pecan Icing while it's still warm.
• For the icing: In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter with 4 tablespoons cocoa. Stir in 1/3 cup buttermilk, and heat until almost boiling. Stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla, salt and pecans. Remove from heat. Mix well and pour over warm cake.

MRS. MOORE'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Sift flour and sugar together.
• Heat butter, cocoa, water and oil until it boils.
• Pour hot mixture over flour and sugar.
• Mix well by hand!
• Add buttermilk and soda.
• Add eggs and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Bake in a well greased and floured 9x13 pan at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
• Icing: Mix butter, cocoa and buttermilk in heavy sauce pan.
• Heat until boils.
• Remove from heat.
• Add powdered sugar and mix well.
• Add pecans or walnuts and vanilla.
• Pour over cake while cake is still hot.