This chocolate cake recipe was one of the most-loved pages in the family recipe notebook. Grandma's version is rich, moist, and dead simple — the kind of cake that needs nothing more than a dusting of powdered sugar, though frosting never hurt.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Mix eggs, oil, buttermilk, sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Add 1 cup boiling water and vanilla.
- Stir well—batter will be thin.
- Pour into a 10x13 pan.
- Bake at 350°F for 45–60 minutes.
