great grandma young's homemade chocolate cake

Name: Great Grandma Young's Homemade Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 2 cup(s) sugar, white; 1/3 cup(s) baking cocoa; 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 cup(s) water; 3/4 cup(s) I use vegetable oil or coconut oil (updated from original); 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract, I use pure and a tad less on measure; 2 teaspoon(s) vinegar; ## MY CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING; 1 package(s) cream cheese, softened (8 oz); 1/4 cup(s) butter, you can use margarine in a pinch but use butter!; 2 cup(s) confectioners' sugar; 1/3 cup(s) bakers cocoa (I love Hershey's but use what you like); dash(es) salt; 3 tablespoon(s) milk; 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract

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Ted Wildman

Old Fort, OH

Updated on May 8, 2021

This cake recipe I found going through my grandmother's recipe books. This recipe was written in old handwriting in a book dated 1923. It is a family hit and I get begged to make it for every family get-together. You can't go wrong with this one! I updated the recipe a bit to my own tastes but it still holds to its origins. This is a NO EGG recipe! Yeah!

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A slice of Great Grandma Young's Homemade Chocolate Cake on a plate.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This old-fashioned chocolate cake is made with staple pantry ingredients so you can whip it up whenever a chocolate craving hits. It reminds us of the wacky cakes from the Depression Era. The cake is tender with fantastic chocolate flavor. On top is a chocolate cream cheese frosting that adds richness to the cake. We had just enough frosting to cover a double-layered cake. If you like more frosting on your cake, we'd suggest doubling the frosting recipe. Also, there are no eggs in this cake. So, it is a good recipe for someone with an egg allergy.

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 20 Min

cook time 25 Min

method Convection Oven

yield 12 servings

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar, white
1/3 cup baking cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups water
3/4 cup I use vegetable oil or coconut oil (updated from original)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, I use pure and a tad less on measure
2 teaspoons vinegar
MY CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
1 package cream cheese, softened (8 oz)
1/4 cup butter, you can use margarine in a pinch but use butter!
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup bakers cocoa (I love Hershey's but use what you like)
dash salt
3 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

How To Make great grandma young's homemade chocolate cake

Step 1

In a mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients (The first five.)

Step 2

Add the water, oil, vanilla, and vinegar.
Step 3

Mix well (batter will be thin).
Step 4

Pour into a greased 13x9x2 inch pan or 2 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely.
Step 5

Once the cake has cooled make the frosting. For frosting, in a mixing bowl mix cream cheese, butter, and powdered sugar together until creamy.
Step 6

Add cocoa, salt, vanilla, and milk. Mix until creamy. Then frost your cooled cake and enjoy!
Step 7

NOTE: For the frosting, sometimes I melt the butter and mix it with wet ingredients in a bowl prior to adding it to the mixer. I found it makes it come out fantastic!
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