I remember sitting on the front steps of our old farmhouse as a child and smelling the sweet aroma of my grandmother baking in our old kitchen with its hardwood floors. My stomach would rumble in the most vicious way and ask if it was done yet. My grandmother would smile and give me one of hers. chocolate cake recipe cards instead. He would ask me to read it over and over again and when I finished he said I would have my own homemade chocolate cake recipes. This is what she wrote.
Ingredients:
– Cake flour, 3 cups
– Cocoa, 1/2 cup
– Sugar, 1 1/2 cups
– Baking powder, 1 teaspoon
– Baking soda, 1 teaspoon
– Corn oil, 1/2 cup – Eggs, 3
– Milk, 1/2 cup
– Cream, 1/2 cup
– Vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons
– Corn syrup, 1 tablespoon
Addresses:
– Your oven should be preheated to 350°F.
– You should have 2 eight-inch cake pans lightly coated with softened butter and lightly dusted with flour.
– You must mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
– You must mix all the remaining ingredients in another bowl.
– The dry ingredients should be gradually added to the liquid mixture until the dough is completely incorporated.
– You must pour the batter evenly into the moulds.
– You should bake the cake for about 30 to 35 minutes. A toothpick should come out clean after inserting it into the cakes.
– You should cool the cake pans on wire racks for about 20 minutes and remove the cakes from the pans when they are completely cool.
– You should make the filling by whisking together 1 package store bought frosting, 1/2 cup sour cream, and vanilla in a large bowl.
– You should assemble the cake by placing one layer of cake on a cake tray, then spread the top with about 1/5 of the thick filling and place the second cake on top.
– You should spread half of the remaining 4/5 of the filling (which will now serve as frosting) over the top of your two-layer cake.
– You can create a smoothing icing on the edges with a spatula.
– You must spread the last of the remaining filling on the sides.
– You must cover your cake and refrigerate for about 10 to 20 minutes.
– When you have grandkids of your own, you should serve this with their favorite flavor of ice cream, just like I’m serving it today.
