Gma Marys Chocolate Cake Food

GMA MARY'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Add vanilla to milk.
• 2. Cream sugar and crisco, add eggs and beat well.
• 3. Mix in cocoa.
• 4. Beginning with flour, alternate adding flour and milk.
• 5. Boil water in microwave and add to mix all at once, mix well.
• 6. Bake @ 350 degrees about 45 minutes. After 30 minutes begin to check cake by inserting a toothpick every 5 minutes. Cool. Turn cake out onto plate after about 10 minutes.
• 7. In a bowl add powdered sugar, cocoa, butter and vanilla. Add milk a little at a time. Beat well. To your taste you might need to add more butter, cocoa and milk.

GMA'S WACKY CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350.
• Sift dry ingredients into a bowl.
• Make three holes in the mixture evenly spaced. Put vinegar in one, vanilla in one and oil in the last one. Pour the water over all and mix thoroughly with spoon.
• Spread evenly in 9x13 pan and bake for 15 to 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

CHOCOLATE-ALMOND MARY ANN CAKE

Steps:

• Position a rack in the lower third of an oven and preheat to 350°F
• Grease a Mary Ann cake pan and dust with cocoa powder.
• TO MAKE THE CAKE:.
• Over a sheet of waxed paper, sift together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the 3/4 cup cocoa, the sugar, the Amaretto and boiling water.
• Set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the butter, eggs and vanilla.
• Pour into the cocoa mixture and whisk to combine.
• Whisk in the flour mixture in two additions.
• Pour the batter through a fine-mesh sieve into the prepared pan and stir in the chocolate chips.
• Bake until the cake springs back when gently touched and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
• Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let cool for 15 minutes.
• Tap the pan gently on a work surface, invert the pan onto the rack and lift off the pan.
• Let cool completely, about 1 hour.
• TO MAKE THE GANACHE:.
• Put the chocolate in a small bowl.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, warm the cream until bubbles form around the edges of the pan.
• Pour the cream over the chocolate.
• Let stand for 1 minute, then slowly whisk until smooth.
• Let cool for 10 minutes before using.
• Pour the ganache into the well of the cake.
• Using an offset spatula, spread evenly.
• Sprinkle the almonds in a 1-inch-wide band around the outside edge of the ganache.
• Refrigerate the cake for at least 30 minutes to set the ganache.

GRANNY'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 3 9-inch round cake pans, and line the bottoms with wax or parchment paper. Lightly butter the paper. Dust pans with flour, and shake out excess.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, combine buttermilk and vanilla.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer set at medium-high speed, cream the butter. Slowly add the sugar, and continue beating until well blended and light colored. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk mixture in 2 or 3 additions, beating well after each addition. Beat in the melted chocolate until well blended. Spoon batter into prepared pans, and smooth tops with a rubber spatula.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center of a cake layer comes out clean. Let cake layers cool in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes, then invert onto other racks and peel off the paper. Invert again, and let cool completely on the racks. Frost with chocolate frosting.