Little House in the Valley

Chocolate Cake Recipe (just in case you couldn't view the smilebox one)

I am always looking for cake recipes that turn out like a Betty Crocker cake in a box but made from scratch. Well this one comes up just as high and nice and moist! And I can use my freshly milled flour : )
Enjoy,
HuberHof


Ingredients:
2 cups of freshly ground Soft Wheat***
(packed really well into your measuring cup)
2 cups of sugar
1 heaping tsp. baking powder
1 cup unsalted butter
4 heaping TBSP cocoa
1 cup of boiling water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 beaten eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup of raspberry preserves
2 cups of fresh cream whipped until stiff

***Substitute white flour for the soft wheat if freshly milled flour is not available

Directions:
In a large mixing bowl sift together your flour, sugar and baking powder.

In a saucepan melt your 1 cup of butter, add in your 4 heaping TBSP of cocoa and whisk together well. Add your 1 cup of boiling water to the mixture and let boil for 30 seconds then turn off heat and let sit.

Measure out your buttermilk, add your 2 beaten eggs and tsp. vanilla. Stir together.

Pour chocolate mixture over your flour mixture and mix it slightly to cool it down, add your buttermilk, egg & vanilla mixture next and mix until no flour is visible. Pour into a well greased bundt pan baking for approximately 55 minutes @ 350*F or until a knife comes out clean.


To finish off your cake, let it cool completely on a wire rack, cut horizontally into 3 pieces. Spread half of the raspberry preserve on the first layer plus a layer of whipped cream. Repeat for the next layer, place top on and then frost with the remaining whipped cream.

Chocolate cake recipe

01:29, Monday, September 17 .. Posted by haflinger

Oh that looks wonderful thank you! And vanilla frosting . Will try it out this week. Thank you for stopping by the blog with a nice comment. haflinger