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Moist Chocolate Cake

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My grandma's moist chocolate cake from scratch, WITH COFFEE!

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Ingredients

  • Cake Batter:
  • 2 Cups Self-Rising flour
  • 3/4 Cup Cocoa
  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • 1 Cup regular oil
  • 1 Cup Brewed Coffee
  • 1 Cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Icing:
  • 1 Cup milk
  • 5 tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 Cup butter
  • 1/2 Cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla

Details

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees

CAKE BATTER
(this batter is supposed to be soupy)

In a large mixing bowl, add:
2 Cups Self-Rising flour
3/4 Cup Cocoa
2 Cups Sugar

~Add~
1 Cup regular oil
1 Cup Brewed Coffee
1 Cup milk

Beat 2 minutes on medium

~Add~
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

Beat another 2 minutes on medium

Pour into two greased & floured 10" round cake pans

Bake at 325 degrees for (30-35 minutes) - My oven does this in about 20 minutes.


ICING

FLOUR MIXTURE

In a sauce pan, add:
1 Cup milk
5 tablespoons flour

* Cook on medium till thick (beat with fork repeatedly - takes about 8-10 minutes to thicken)
* DON'T LET THIS BOIL!
* Refrigerate till cold

IN ANOTHER BOWL
~Beat~
1/2 Cup butter
1/2 Cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
Beat till creamy

Add FLOUR MIXTURE
Beat for 10 minutes

Apply the icing to one cake on top and sides.
Place the other cake on top and apply icing on top and sides.

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