Perfect Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsifted unsweetened cocoa
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
• 2tsp. baking soda
• + tsp. salt
• 5 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup butter or margarine softened
• 2 + cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1$ tsp. vanilla

Method

1. 1

   In medium bowl, combine cocoa with boiling water, mixing with wire whisk until smooth.

2. 2

   Cool completely.

3. 3

   Sift flour with soda, salt and baking powder.

4. 4

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

5. 5

   Grease well and flour three 9 inch layer cake pans.

6. 6

   In large bowl of electric mixer, at high speed, beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until light, about 5 minutes.

7. 7

   At low speed, beat in flour mixture in fourths, alternately with cocoa mixture in thirds, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

8. 8

   Do not overbeat.

9. 9

   Divide evenly into pans; smooth top.

10. 10

    Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until surface springs back when gently pressed with finger tips.

11. 11

    Cool in pans 10 minutes.

12. 12

    Remove from pans and cool on racks.

13. 13

    Frost with 7 minute icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes from our hearth (1960) by N.C.) Advent Moravian Church (Winston-Salem, page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PERFECT CHOCOLATE CAKE 1 cup unsifted unsweetened cocoa 2 cups boiling water 2 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour 2tsp. baking soda + tsp. salt 5 tsp. baking powder 1 cup butter or margarine softened 2 + cups granulated sugar 4 eggs 1$ tsp. vanilla

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