This refreshing spread goes well with ice cream, toast, and muffins.
| Servings: | 18 |
| Yield: | 1 to 13 x inch pan |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Bring to a boil the 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1/2 cup shortening, water and 1/4 cup cocoa. Remove from heat and add flour, sugar, 1/2 cup milk and vinegar. Mix well. Then add: eggs, baking soda and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Mix well until lumps are gone. Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- To Make Fudge Frosting: Combine in saucepan , 6 tablespoon butter or oleo, 4 tablespoons milk and cocoa. Bring to rolling boil. Remove from heat and add 3 cups confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth. Spread on cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 367 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 55 g |
| Cholesterol | 45 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 146 mg |
| Sugars | 43 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very soft and moist but i will cut on the sugar by half and the time in the oven its wrong, it said 20 minutes but got it ready in 50 minutes, i think 20 minutes its for cup cake size
Very fluffy chocolate cake. Will be my go to chocolate cake from now on. The only part I will warn you about is the recipe. I did not read the recipe first and got all my ingredients out. There is a frosting recipe in this also.
Found it tasted more like a brownie then a cake but it was good
I had a hard time with the icing . It was too thin. but it was my first time ever making icing. so that was probably on me . This cake was amazing !! Hubby loved it!!!
I doubled the frosting and made a 9″ layered cake. I found the cake to be on the dry side and would only give it 3 stars but the frosting was delicious, 5 stars. Averaged it out to 4 stars.
I tried 2 of allrecipes “best ever” and the only good thing I could say was that they were both easy to make and the frostings was great. I wouldn’t waste my time or the ingredients on this cake again but the frosting is wonderful.
I didn’t really care for this. Texture & taste just weren’t to my liking.
This cake is a definate for a chocohilic(my mom) every one loved it. I do recommend a tablespoon or 2 more in the cake mix ohhh mabe even some chocolate chips. Next time i think ill add some candied pecans on top too…YuMMMM
I did not like this cake. I’m don’t want to criticize this cake, but I must say that it is not my cup of tea. I would like to recommend “Elsa’s Great Homemade Chocolate Cake” at cooks.com. It’s amazing.
This is the first chocolate cake I could eat without frosting it was so good and moist. My husband said it was the best cake I ever made. I did have to cook my cake longer around 25 minutes but I had no problem getting mine out of the pan. It was so good I made it again the very next week.
The only change that I would suggest is to change the baking temp. from 400 degrees to 350 degrees.
My 3 year old and i had a swell time making this cake. I used cake flour and halved the recipe so it would fit into an 8″ round pan. I did grease and flour the pan. (always do) it was done in the time stated.
This cake was a big hit at my nieces 1st birthday party. It is moist and not overpoweringly rich or sweet. It was the 1st time everyone finished their whole piece of cake. The frosting is soooo delicious! it tastes like christmas fudge. The cake would be naked without this frosting. It makes a great cake filler as well.
I picked this recipe because I had all the ingredients at home (I love the ingredient search!). These were really good. I made cupcakes with this recipe and they are disappearing!! FAST! I followed the recipe to a T. This is a keeper!
I never let a bad rating make me not try a recipe, so I tried this one. I made 2 9inch rounds. One I had to throw out, the bottom was burnt. Although it said 400 I don’t know what happened. The other I savaged and it tasted allright, and I have to admit I added more cocoa. Probably about an additional 1/4 which made it more chocolatey. I would suggest baking this at 350. I also would add more cocoa or use a premium grade I used Nestle.
I made this cake and it turned out so great. I made it for my boyfriend and his 5 roommates and it was gone quickly. I didn’t have vinegar so I didn’t put that in, but I’m not sure it made that much of a difference. SO good.
I thought this cake needs more chocolate and maybe a teaspoon more of vanilla. But the frosting was very good. By the time the middle of the cake was done the sides were really dry.
WoW this cake is great! Other users must of done something wrong in recipe. This cake is moist it does taste like a frosted brownie but with a cake like texture.I love it *****
I followed the recipe exactly but found this cake to be quite heavy (more like a brownie) and it had very little flavor. I gave three stars because the frosting was really good. Instead of milk i used hot strong coffee for mocha frosting.
Your family will love this!
The name says it all. This was really the best chocolate cake! The cake turned out perfectly moist and the frosting…absolutely delicious! My dad said it was the best chocolate cake he’s tasted! AND the directions were easy to follow! If you want the best, try this recipe!