aunt esther's favorite cake

Name: Aunt Esther's Favorite Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 9
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) flour; 1/3 cup(s) cocoa powder; 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1 teaspoon(s) vinegar; 5 tablespoon(s) melted shortening (oil, ok); 1 cup(s) warm water; - cool whip frosting; - caramel sauce; - or 10x sugar and a paper doily

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Helene Lopes

Yulee, FL

Updated on Sep 23, 2013

I have been making this cake since the dinosaur days. I like it because it is easy, delicious and mixes in the pan used to bake. I clipped this recipe from the SNPJ newspaper around 1975.

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Aunt Esther's cake with Cool Whip frosting and caramel drizzle!

prep time 10 Min

cook time 45 Min

method Bake

yield 9 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon vinegar
5 tablespoons melted shortening (oil, ok)
1 cup warm water
- cool whip frosting
- caramel sauce
- or 10x sugar and a paper doily

How To Make aunt esther's favorite cake

Step 1

Use one pan (8X8) ungreased, the pan in which you are going to bake the cake .

Step 2

Sift into pan the flour, cocoa, sugar, salt and baking soda.
Step 3

Add the vinegar, vanilla and melted shortening.
Step 4

Pour warm water over all.
Step 5

Beat well, using a fork to clean the corners of the pan.
Step 6

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes until cake springs back or toothpick is clean.
Step 7

Let cake cool and then frost or use the 10x and the doily.
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