All-American Chocolate Cake Recipe

All-American Chocolate Cake Recipe for Kids


Ingredients

4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1 c Shortening or 1/2 lb butter
2 ts Vanilla
2 c Cake flour
2 c Sugar
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
1 c Milk
4 Eggs
Preheat oven to 350F. In a small, heavy-bottomed pan, melt chocolate and shortening, stirring
over low heat
until smooth and melted. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. In large bowl, combine flour,
sugar, baking
powder, baking soda and salt. Add chocolate mixture, milk and eggs, beating until smooth.
Spread mixture in
two greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake for 30-to-35 minutes or until toothpick
inserted in center
of cake comes out clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes before turning out onto wire rack.

All-American Chocolate Cake Recipe for Kids