Mom's EASY Chocolate Cake, with chocolate frosting, is a delicious dessert for the whole family, and can be made from scratch in practically no time at all!
Category:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
Mom's easy chocolate cake
Servings: 16servings (9x13 cake)
Calories Per Serving: 363kcal
Author: JB @ The Grateful Girl Cooks!
Ingredients
For Cake:
2cupsgranulated sugar
2eggs
3/4cupvegetable shortening
2½cupsall purpose flour
1/2cupunsweetened cocoa powder
2teaspoonsbaking soda
1/2teaspoonsalt
1cupbuttermilk
3/4cupboiling water
1teaspoonvanilla
For Chocolate Frosting:
3/4cube butter
4Tablespoonsunsweetened cocoa powder
Dash of salt
1teaspoonvanilla extract
12ouncespowdered sugar(about 3/4 of a one pound box)
1/4 to 1/2cupmilk(enough to make frosting pourable, but not too thin)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 9x13 cake pan.
Cream together sugar, vegetable shortening and eggs, using an electric hand mixer or stand mixer. Beat well for 2-3 minutes.
In a separate large bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add dry, sifted ingredients to the wet ingredients, along with 1 cup of buttermilk, and mix well on LOW speed.
Once blended, slowly pour in 3/4 cup of boiling water, and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Blend on low until batter is fully mixed together. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 baking pan, and distribute batter evenly.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into middle of cake comes out clean.
To Make Frosting:
While cake is baking, make frosting. Melt butter in saucepan on low heat. Add cocoa powder and mix well with a spoon. Add salt, vanilla, and milk; mix well. Add powdered sugar. Mix until frosting is not too thick, but "pourable". Add additional milk to thin... add additional powdered sugar to thicken, as needed.
When cake is done, remove from oven. Let rest for 2-3 minutes, then poke holes over surface of cake every couple inches (I use a chopstick!). Pour frosting over surface of cake, and spread to cover. Let cake cool to room temperature, then slice and serve!
Nutrition Facts
Mom's Easy Chocolate Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 piece (1/16th))
Calories 363Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 22mg7%
Sodium 238mg10%
Potassium 108mg3%
Carbohydrates 64g21%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 46g51%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 55IU1%
Calcium 28mg3%
Iron 1.6mg9%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.