Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	237ml	Water
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter
3/4 cup	82g / 2.9oz	Unsweetened cocoa
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Baking soda
1/2 cup	118ml	Buttermilk
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Eggs (large)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Almond extract

Recipe Instructions

Heat oven to 350F Lightly grease two 9" cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper.

Bring water to a boil. Stir in butter and cocoa. Mix flour, sugar and baking soda in a mixer bowl. Mix at low speed. Gradually add butter - cocoa mix.

Increase speed to medium and beat until well blended. Add eggs, buttermilk and extracts, blending until smooth. Pour into prepared cake pans.

Bake until pick inserted in middle comes out clean. (30 to 35 minutes).

Cool cake, in pans, on wire rack for 15 minutes.

Turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Frost as desired.

Makes on 9" cake or 1 Tube cake. (If baking in a tube pan - Bake for 45 to 50 minutes).

Source:
Cooking Live Show #8890

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