This week’s Tastes Like Vintage recipe is from Karen, at PixieVintageHome.
This recipe from Allrecipes.com was made recently by myself and my very talented 9 year old chef-in-training niece, Lulu. A classic chocolate cake, not too rich….so incredibly delicious! The frosting recipe is also from Allrecipes.com and very easy.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9″ round pans (I used 8″, which was fine). *Lulu suggests flouring one pan with cocoa powder, which I thought was genius.
- In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix for 2 min. on medium speed of mixer. Stir in boiling water last. Batter will be a bit thin. Pour evenly into prepared pans.
- Bake 30-35 min. until cake tests done with toothpick. Cool in pans for 10 min., then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Frost if desired. (we highly reccommend).
Creamy Chocolate Frosting:
- 2 3/4 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 6 TBS. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 TBS. butter
- 5 TBS. evaporated milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- In a medium bowl, sift together confectioner’s sugar and cocoa, and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth, then gradually beat in sugar mixture alternating with evaporated milk.
- Blend in vanilla.
- Beat until light and fluffy. If necessary, adjust consistency with more milk or sugar.
*Note: I did not have evaporated milk, so evaporated my own! Just simmer on stove for a while, til condenses. Worked just fine.
Frost only when cake is completely cooled. Lulu likes to lightly dust with confectioners sugar as the finishing touch.
Serve with a glass of cold milk, of course.
These glasses would be perfect, from SimplySuzula:
Measure accurately every time with this measuring cup from LuRuUniques:
Sift it up! Sifter from BlueBarnCollectibles:
And finally, display on a beautiful cake stand, like this one from OneFairfaxRoad:
Looks yummy!!
Heavenly!!!
Karen, you and Lulu are adorable, and that cake looks so yummy…especially the frosting. Oh, how I love chocolate frosting!
Chocolate Cake!! YUM 🙂