Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake

  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Total Time: 55 mins
  • Servings: 16
  • Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cupsflour
  • 2teaspoonsbaking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoonsalt
  • 1cupbuttermilk
  • 1cupboiling water
  • 1cupWesson Oil
  • 2cupswhite sugar
  • 2whole eggs
  • 1/2 cupcocoa
  • 1teaspoonvanilla
  • old fashioned chocolate icing

  • 1/2 cupmargarine
  • 4tablespoonscocoa
  • 6tablespoonswhole milk
  • 1 (1lb) box powdered sugar
  • 1teaspoonvanilla
  • Directions

  • Cream oil, sugar and cocoa.
  • Add eggs.
  • Add flourmixture alternately with buttermilk.
  • Add soda and salt. Addvanilla to hot water and fold water into cake. Bake in 9 x13-inch pan at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until done.
  • Icing For Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake:Bring margarine, cocoa and whole milk to boil.
  • Removefrom heat and add powdered sugar and vanilla.
  • Mix until smooth and of spreading consistency.
  • This is my favorite chocolate cake.
  • Reviews

  • “I reduced the sugar a little and only used 1/2 c. of the boiling water.And this is truly one of the best chocolate cakes I’ve ever made, because it’s soooo moist.It’s also chocolaty and tender and just about perfect.I used a slightly different frosting so my rating is based on the cake recipe only.I baked the batter in two buttered and floured 9″ cake pans for about 30 minutes.I’m keeping this recipe for a long time.It is fabulous!!”

  • “It was a very moist and soft cake …everybody loved it .it was fabulous i must say!!!!!.thanks to food .com”

  • “very easy to make, and great taste.”

  • “I made this cake for a 5 year olds birthday party! Everyone loved it! I was very pleased with the cake! And it was super yummy!”

  • “This cake is so incredibly moist! It gets rave reviews from friends all the time. The ingredients are so basic. I especially like that there is no butter since it is difficult to find where live. (I make my own buttermilk as it is.)”

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