Grandma's Chocolate Cake

I always used to make cake from a cake mix. One day when I was feeling quite domestic, I remembered making a cake from scratch with my mom using my Grandma's recipe. This was quite a while ago, but I remembered it being so moist and delicious. So, I made this chocolate cake last month for my chocolate lover friend Farmgirl's birthday. It got rave reviews, so when it was time for me to make dessert again, I thought I would keep a good thing going. Only one problem, my recipe had vanished. Gone. Disappeared.

So I looked in my Betty Crocker cookbook that I always turn to for regular recipes that most of us just open a box to make these days. There was a recipe for chocolate cake, but I knew it wasn't the same. So I went straight to the source. I called my Grandma. She told me she used to make it once a week back when she was making seven lunches every morning. I can't even imagine packing seven lunches every morning. She said she stopped making it because it always boiled over. I have never had that problem, but I always have made it in two round cake pans instead of a 9X13 dish.

So, the recipe has been saved and the finished product was delicious!

Grandma Aldridge's Quick Chocolate Cake

In a saucepan melt

3 squares of unsweetened chocolate

1/2 cup butter

Add 1 cup boiling water

Prepare

1 cup sour milk

(milk with a touch of vinegar to make 1 cup, let it sit at least 5 minutes)

In a mixing bowl stir together

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 pinch of salt

To flour mixture add the melted chocolate mixture and milk.

Beat in

2 eggs

1 tsp. Vanilla (or more to taste)

Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Enjoy!

Thanks for the recipe Grandma!