Aunt Mary's Chocolate Cake

SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer PHOTO BY: Erimess

"Tried and true--best chocolate cake ever! Frost with Best Buttercream Frosting when cool. Even better the second day."

PREP TIME	30 Min
COOK TIME	40 Min
READY IN	1 Hr 10 Min

SERVINGS & SCALING

Original recipe yield: 1 - 9x13-inch cake

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INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup margarine
1 cup water
2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup sour milk

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DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan. In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chocolate, margarine and water until melted. Stir occasionally until chocolate is smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, salt and soda. Pour in milk and eggs. Mix the cooled chocolate mixture into the batter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Frost with Best Buttercream Frosting.

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Reviewed on Nov. 16, 2002 by BECKERHJ

Too much sugar, 1 1/2 cups makes the cake to candy tasting.

6 users found this review helpful

Reviewed on Sep. 23, 2003 by Habeas Corpulent

Easily the best and easiest "from-scratch" chocolate cake that I've ever made! Have given this recipe to several people at work and all loved it too. The frosting is scrumptious too. Wouldn't change a thing. Thanks, Jennifer!

4 users found this review helpful

Reviewed on May 4, 2008 by frugalistic

This chocolate cake is the first chocolate cake I have ever made from scratch. I will NEVER buy boxed again! I used 6 tbs of coco powder in the dry mix instead of baking squares because I didn't have any, so I just added 2 extra tablespoons of butter to the milk and water mix and it turned out wonderful. Also I've never made sour milk before so I took another reviewers advice and put 1 1/2 tsps. of vinegar in the milk but it still was not sour in 5 minutes. I put it in the microwave for 20 seconds and it was seperated and was peeerfect sour milk. Thank you for this recipe. Everyone loved it!

3 users found this review helpful

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