Chocolate cake

I started making this cake many years ago. It seems that many home cooks have a special chocolate cake recipe that they like and this is mine. It is basic and one that I think Grama Elva used. I usually put sweetened whipped cream in between the layers, topping it off with Fabulous fudge frosting. I freeze it and then slice to serve.

Fabulous Fudge frosting

Chocolate cake

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter

1 3/4 cup white sugar

2 eggs

3/4  unsweetened baking cocoa

2 1/2 cups  sifted flour

1 1/4 cups cold water

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Grease and flour two cake pans. Make sure that the flour is not caked on but just a light dusting to cover all of the pan.

Grama Elva was always about creaming the butter and sugar well, adding eggs and beating until fluffy. So…