Chocolate Cake from Phillis Pellman Good
Chocolate Cake from Phillis Pellman Good
“The cake we ate most at home was chocolate,” reports an Amish woman with slightly graying hair. “It was usually baked in a long pan, and dusted with 10X sugar rather than iced.” Her memory is echoed by many others, no matter their ages
Ingrediënten
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup lard or vegetable shortening
- 2 eggs unbeaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2¾ cups flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- Cream sugars and lard or shortening.
Instructies
- Mix in eggs, buttermilk, flour, and cocoa until well blended.
- Dissolve baking soda in boiling water, then stir into batter.
- Pour into greased and floured round layer cake pans or into a long pan, 9” x 13”.
- Bake at 350° for 25–35 minutes.
- Test for doneness before removing from oven.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Makes 1 long or 1 layer cake
