My All-time Favorite Chocolate Cake

CLASSIC CHOCOLATE CAKE

butter and flour 2-8inch cake pans

½ c cocoa powder

1 c boiling water

¾ c brown sugar

½ c buttermilk

1 T. vanilla

4 oz. butter

1 ¼ c. sugar

1 ¼ c AP flour

¾ t. baking soda

½ t. salt

2 eggs

Combine and mix smooth, cocoa powder and water. Add the brown sugar, buttermilk and vanilla. Set aside

Combine and sift, flour, soda and salt. Set aside.

In a mixer, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time.

Alternate adding cocoa mixture and flour mixture to the egg mixture until thorourly mixed.

Bake at 350f