Chocolate Cake with boiled frosting

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Chocolate Cake with boiled frosting

This recipe comes from my great grandmother. Any notes in quotes come direction from a 70+ year old recipe card, hand written in beautiful cursive with a fountain pen.

• 1-1/2 c butter
  
• 2 c sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 c buttermilk
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 2/3 c cocoa
  
• 2-1/4 c flour
  
• 1 c cream
  
• 1 c sugar
  
• cocoa
  

Cream butter and sugar.

Add eggs, "beat well."

Add buttermilk "beat well."

Add baking soda, dissolved in "a tidge" of hot water.

Add cocoa, which has been mixed with 1/2 cup boiling water.

Add flour, "beat well."

Makes three 9" layers, one 9x13 or a number (depending on how full you fill them) cupcakes. Bake at 350 F until done; don't overbake.

Frosting

Mix 1 cup sugar with enough cocoa "so it looks right." Stir in cream. Cook over med. low heat to soft ball stage. Remove from heat, and beat by hand "with wooden spoon" until amost spreaking consistency. If you beat it too long, and are frosting layer cakes, it will be too hard on the top layer. If too hard, beat in a drop or two of hot water.

Advice on frosting. At least 1.5 the recipe because you will want to have plenty of frosting -- enough to lick the pan.

Keywords: Dessert, Intermediate, American

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