I am usually a pie fan for dessert, but If I am going to request a cake, it is going to be this Homemade Chocolate Cake my mother makes. It is actually dubbed “Sour Milk Chocolate Cake” and is my Grandma Esther’s recipe…just didn’t think that a recipe that included “sour milk” in the title sounded appetizing so I changed the name. (Is that allowed?)
This cake is super moist and has what I would describe as a fudgy glaze frosting….not too rich, but just right! My husband is a pie fan too, however this is the cake he request for his birthday…you know, because the kids think you have to have a cake for your birthday!
Homemade Chocolate Cake
Author: Shelby
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup sour milk (or 2 Tbs vinegar topped with milk to make 1 cup of liquid)
- 2 cups flour
- 3 Tbs cocoa
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup boiling water
- ….
- Frosting
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 Tbs cocoa
- 8 Tbs milk
- 8 Tbs butter
Instructions
- Mix cake ingredients together in order listed until well combined
- Pour into a greased 9'x13' pan
- Bake 50-60 minutes at 325 degrees
- Once cake is out of the oven cooling begin making frosting
- For the frosting, mix together sugar, cocoa, milk and butter together in a saucepan
- Bring to a boil over medium heat.
- Boil for two minutes, stirring continusloy.
- Remove from heat and stir until poured onto cake.
- Allow frosting to cool and set.
- Enjoy!
