by Helen McCulley Brandt
Be sure to have pans greased and floured and oven preheated before final mixing. Cake must be baked immediately.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 eggs
1 1/4 tsp soda
5/8 cup sour milk (to make sour milk, place 1 TB vinegar in a measuring cup and add milk to make 1 cup. Let stand for 15 minutes before measuring required amount.)
6 TB cocoa
2 1/2 cups flour (not cake flour)
1 1/4 cup boiling water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour two 8" round pans.
3. Mix sugar, butter, & eggs together.
4. Add soda, milk, and cocoa, and mix well.
5. Mix in flour.
6. Add water last and mix thoroughly. Batter will be very thin.
7. Bake about 35 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
8. When cooled, frost with a light, fluffy frosting.
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