Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

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Total Time: 40 minutes / Bake at: 350 degrees

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup hot strong coffee

Directions

• Mix and blend all dry ingredients, except sugar.
• Cream sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk until blended. Then gradually add the dry ingredients.
• Add the hot coffee by pouring a slow stream against the inside of the bowl while mixing. Batter will be thin.
• Pour into 2 or 3 greased and floured layer pans or a 9 x 13 in pan. Bake at 350 degrees approximately 20 -25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Creamy Chocolate Frosting Ingredients

• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 4 cups powdered confectioner sugar
• 1/2 cup butter 1 stick
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk (plus extra for thinning

Creamy Chocolate Frosting Directions

• Mix the cocoa and sugar.
• Cream the butter. Gradually add the cocoa mixture to the creamed butter, alternately, with the 1/2 cup of milk until blended. Add the vanilla.
• Carefully add very small amounts of milk at a time until desired consistency is reached. Cream well in between each addition of milk.