However, despite the stacks of books beside my bed and on my shelves, the recipes that I truly cherish are the ones collected by my mom. It really is just a worn out binder filled with scraps of paper. Some were typed on a type writer! Most are torn out of magazines and newspapers or just handwritten, usually without even a title. They are old, yellowing and dog earned, stained and sticky, which I think just adds to their charm. I would be crushed if something were to happen to them.
Here is a recipe for chocolate cake that was written on the back of a super old paper placemat from McDonald's.
I can't believe how long she has kept this! |
I kinda tweaked the recipe a bit and used buttermilk instead of regular milk. I just love baking with buttermilk. It just makes a really lovely cake.
Sift all dry ingredients together and be sure to use a good quality cocoa |
the recipe make two 8in cakes, but of course I made cupcakes instead, I love using an ice cream scoop |
Connie's Chocolate Cake
For the cake:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Preheat oven to 350
- Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt
- Next cream butter and gradually add in sugar and beat until light and fluffy
- add eggs, one at a time and beat well after each addition
- Add vanilla
- Then add in your sifted dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk
- divide batter between two 8in round cake pans or makes 24 cupcakes
1 cup butter
4 cups icing sugar, sifted
2 tsp milk
100g dark chocolate, melted
1 tsp vanilla
- cream butter, then slowly add icing sugar one cup at a time and beat until all the sugar is combined
- add in milk and mix to combine
- slowly add the cooled, melted chocolate and vanilla and mix a medium speed until incorporated
- increase speed to high and mix until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes
happy baking
xoxo
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