Ultimate Chocolate Cake
It’s as good as it looks!
Shuga’s FIRST PUBLISHED recipe:
Ultimate Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups cake flour
1 cup sugar
2 tsp baking soda
4 Tbs. (heaping) cocoa
1 cup water
1 cup mayonnaise (I prefer Hellman’s)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients together. Pour into greased and floured 8-inch cake pan. (I use equal parts of flour and powdered sugar.) Bake 40-45 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
Hungarian Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients:
6 squares of unsweetened chocolate
1 lb. confectioner’s sugar
1/3 cup hot water
3 egg yolks
½ cup of soft butter
1 ½ tsp of vanilla
Melt chocolate in double boiler. Add sugar and water at the same time. Beat until well-blended. Add egg yolks one at a time. Beat well. Add butter a little at a time until smooth. Add vanilla. Now you are ready to ice the cake!