Nannie's Chocolate Cake

By charlotteh371

Ingredients

• Frosting:
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 4 large eggs
• 2 cups self rising flour (I use white lily)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Beat sugar and butter until creamy, then add eggs one at a time. Add the flour and milk alternately, beating well. Add the vanilla and mix well.
Divide the batter into 10 8-inch pans, using approximately 2 large spoonfuls in each. BAke at 400 degrees about 7 mins or until cake is tested done. Turn cake layers out on to a clean cloth to cool. Number of cake layers will depend on amount of batter in each cake pan.

Frosting:

Mix frosting ingredients together, except the vanilla, and cook on medium heat for 10 mins (don't boil), then turn to low and cook for 45-50 mins, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Frost each layer as you stack the cake using all the frosting. The frosting will thicken as it cools.