Becky's Chocolate Cake

by Rebekah Baylus

 

I don't usually make cakes from scratch, because I find them to be a lot of work for a not-great cake. But this one looked so easy, I wanted to try it. It is SO good, and it has a texture more like a boxed cake mix, without the long list of chemicals. It calls for buttermilk, and after years of buying buttermilk for a recipe, then tossing most of the carton, I started buying the dry buttermilk powder. You just mix it with water, and instant buttermilk.

Chocolate Cake

1 3/4 c	all purpose flour
2 c	sugar
3/4 c	cocoa powder
2 tsp	baking soda
1 tsp	baking powder
1 tsp	salt
2	eggs
1 c	strong black coffee, cooled
1 c	buttermilk
1/2 c	vegetable oil
1 tsp	real vanilla extract

Mix dry igredients in a large mixing bowl. Add all the liquid ingredients and beat on medium for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally. The batter will be thin. Bake in two greased and floured* 9" pans for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick in the middle comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in pans, then remove to cooling racks. Frost with your favorite frosting.

*Be generous with the greasing and flouring, as the cake is moist and tender and wants to stick.