My Mom Duwannas Cocoa Cakeby Cin Recipes

MY MOM'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and flour in a large bowl.
• Boil 1/4 C cocoa, water, 1/2 lb butter in a medium sized sauce pan.
• Pour chocolate mixture over flour and sugar mixture and stir well.
• Add buttermilk, beaten eggs soda and vanilla.
• Pour into a jelly roll pan (which is, roughly, 11x15 and 1 inch deep), bake at 400° for 20 minutes.
• While cake is baking, make frosting.
• Combine frosting ingredients, except for confectioners sugar, in the same sauce pan used for chocolate mixture above (saves washing dishes).
• Boil, then add confectioners sugar.
• Pour over hot cake, sprinkle with nuts, and let set for an hour or two.
• Serve and watch the smiles and requests for the recipe.

MOM'S CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Thoroughly grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• In a large bowl, mix the melted margarine, sugar, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract; beat the flour mixture into the margarine mixture with an electric mixer set on Low until the batter is smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the cake forms a crust and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes before removing pan, then allow cake to cool completely.

MOM'S QUICK COCOA CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix sugar, eggs, oil, soda. Then add cocoa, flour and milk.
• 2. Bake at 350 about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake.
• 3. Makes 1 9x13 pan or 2 round pans, or 24 cupcakes.

MOM'S COCOA CINNAMON POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan, or 3 quart bundt pan.
• 3. Cream butter until light and fluffy; add sugar gradually, cream together until well combined.
• 4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 5. In separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder, cocoa powder, and cinnamon.
• 6. Add dry ingredients and milk, alternating between them, until all are added; beat just until combined; add vanilla.
• 7. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8. Cool 15 minutes in pan; then remove from pan to cool completely.
• 9. Drizzle with glaze and serve. This cake is also good served warm.

MY MOM'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
• In a large saucepan, melt together the shortening and cocoa. Remove from heat and stir in sugar and egg. Mix buttermilk with baking soda, salt and vanilla, then blend into chocolate mixture. Beat in flour. Stir in hot water. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.