Special Cocoa Cake
Recipe from the 1930's.
Yield
servingsPrep
5 minCook
25 minReady
30 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup |
cocoa powder
cocoa |
|
| ½ | cup |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| ½ | cup |
water
boiling |
|
| 2 | cups |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
baking powder
|
*
|
| ½ | cup |
baking soda
|
*
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ⅔ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 ¼ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
milk
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | ml |
cocoa powder
cocoa |
|
| 118 | ml |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| 118 | ml |
water
boiling |
|
| 473 | ml |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 355 | ml |
baking powder
|
*
|
| 118 | ml |
baking soda
|
*
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 158 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 296 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 177 | ml |
milk
|
|
Directions
Mix cocoa and brown sugar in saucepan; add hot water, stirring until smooth. Bring to a boil, and cook slowly 3 minutes, or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly; cool.
Sift flour once, then measure and mix with baking powder, soda, and salt; sift twice.
Cream shortening until softened; add sugar gradually, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Beat in vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating until fluffy after each. Add cooled cocoa mixture; stir until blended. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating until smooth, after each addition.
Turn into 2 greased (9-inch) layer pans. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) about 25 minutes.
Frosting Suggestions: When cold, spread Cocoa Fudge Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Sprinkle chopped nuts on sides, if desired.
