My mother-in-law is the source of this recipe for sweet-and-sour meatballs. It was a gift I received not long after getting married, and now our children all like it. I enjoy putting it over rice.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 – 9×13 inch pan |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1.1849999427795 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup margarine
- 1 cup white sugar
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup miniature marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
- In a large bowl, beat 1 1/2 cups sugar and oil until smooth. Beat in eggs, 1 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat in flour, baking powder and salt. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool. Frost with Chocolate Frosting.
- To make the Chocolate Frosting: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine margarine, 1 cup sugar and 1/4 cup milk. bring to a full boil. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips, 1 teaspoon vanilla and marshmallows. Beat until smooth.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 394 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 59 g |
| Cholesterol | 49 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 329 mg |
| Sugars | 48 g |
| Fat | 17 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
We followed the recipe but I found it was definitely a “lazy daisy”! It was a very thin and crepe like cake. But when I frost it hopefully it’ll be better. The flavor is a little on the eggy side. Idk we’ll see.
This was a hit in our house. The cake was beautifully moist and had a wonderful texture. The only change I made was to use 1 1/4 cup flour. Be sure to boil the sugar, butter and milk before adding the chocolate so you don’t get a gritty frosting as I did because I was in a rush. It was a stupid rookie mistake.
I made this cake per the recipe and my family loves it, everyone always wants me to bring one for family events. I also add 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract. It’s lights out. I do however use my own vanilla fudge buttercream frosting.
it was easy, yummy, and transportable. i made it for my daughters 5th birthday and paired it with a buttercream. the cake was so moist and delish!
Yes, this cake was easy but did not taste so great. It IS moist; however, the salt (1 tsp!) can be tasted in cake and cake does not have much rich cake flavor. The batter is runny and my son was bummed he could not lick the beaters. All in all, recipe is “ok.” Will not make again though.
This was a pretty good cake. I read the reviews before I made it and I added 1/2 cup of flour and 1/2 tsp baking powder to avoid the runny batter that several others mentioned. The cake was very moist and dense with a great flavor. It made a lovely cake for my sons birthday.
I didn’t actually make the cake, I used a box mix, but the frosting was very good. We thought it tasted like the glaze on a chocolate krispey creme doughnut.
This is MUCH better than a box cake, by far. The batter is a bit runny, but the moistness of the cake cannot be beat. I used this recipe to make cupcakes for work and everybody devoured them. This recipe will definitely be my number one goto from now on for cakes/cupcakes…
the batter was a bit runny, but i guess this is ok cuz i put all the ingredients in there. anyone else have runny cake batter?
I thought this cake was excellent, my husband loved it and it was easy!
Very easy to make, but just not a very good cake. Pre-packaged store-bought cake mixes are twice as good.