Chocolate Cake

Credit: Lori Frost

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk (or soured milk)
1 cup oil
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Directions:

Preheat Oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan, or 2 (8-inch) rounds... whatever you're making. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in bowl of electric mixer. Mix on low speed until combined. (*You may want to start heating up your water right now in order to get it boiling...) In another bowl, combine the eggs, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Turn the mixer on low and slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. While the mixer still on low, add the boiling water and stir just to combine. Make sure you're scraping the bottom and sides of the mixing bowl with a rubber spatula! Pour the batter into the prepared pan(s) and bake for 45-60 minutes for a 9x13 pan, or about 30-40 minutes for 2 (8-inch) rounds. This is supposed to be a slow-bake cake, so that's why there's a low temperature setting and longer cook time. Check it early, but don't be afraid if it takes an hour to bake completely. Allow to cool in the pan(s) for 30 minutes and then remove them and place them on a cooling rack if you're going to be frosting them or making a layered cake. You will not be disappointed!!