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Luci Baynes Johnson's Grooms Cake

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  • Servings: 9
  • Prep: 9m
  • Cook: 50m
    • The following recipe serves 9 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 2 cup flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoons vanilla
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 3 squares (3 ounces) unsweetened chocolate,(1 ounces each)
  • 1 cup water,hot
  • 1 teaspoons baking soda
  • Frosting:
  • 3/4 cup evaporated milk
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Melt chocolate in double boiler first. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs.

  • Step 2: Sift flour and add alternately with milk. Then add 1/2 cup hot water to melted chocolate.

  • Step 3: Put other 1/2 cup water in a pan and bring to a boil (THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT).

  • Step 4: To this add soda and immediately add this to chocolate mixture.

  • Step 5: Pour chocolate mixture into the batter, add vanilla.

  • Step 6: Bake in greased and floured pan at 325 degrees for about 50 minutes.

  • Step 7: Cake will pull away from sides of pan when done.

  • Step 8: Spread frosting on immediately

  • Step 9: Frosting

  • Step 10: Cook in double boiler 12 minutes

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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