"This recipe is my mother's oldest and most popular chocolate cake recipe. I always thought there should be a fancier name, but that was what she called it. A fancy name would not make it taste better—that would be Mom's comment. —Beth Bristow West Plains, MO..."
INGREDIENTS
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CAKE
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4 lg eggs,seperated
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1/2 cup cocoa
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1/2 cup boiling water
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1/2 cup butter,softened
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1 cup packed brown sugar
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1 cup sugar,divided
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1 tsp vanilla
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2 1/2 cups AP-flour
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1 tsp Baking Soda
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1 tsp ceam of tartar
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1/4 tsp salt
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1 cup buttermilk
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FROSTING
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3/4 cup butter,melted
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3/4 tsp vanilla
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3 Tbsp milk
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6 cups powdered sugar