1 3/4 c Flour; Unbleached; Sifted
2 c Sugar
3/4 c Cocoa; Baking
2 ts Baking Soda
1 ts Baking Powder
1 ts Salt
2 lg Eggs
1/2 c Vegetable Oil
1 c Coffee; Black; Strong
1 c Buttermilk
1 ts Vanilla Extract
HUNDRED DOLLAR FROSTING
1/4 c Butter Or Regular Margarine
3 oz Semisweet Chocolate; 3
-blocks
1 lg Egg
2 c Confectioners’ Sugar
1 tb Vanilla
1 tb Lemon Juice
1 c Walnuts; Chopped
Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in
a mixing bowl. Add eggs, oil, coffee, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat with an
electric mixer set at medium speed for 3 minutes. Pour batter into greased
13×9″ baking pan. Bake in preheated 350~ oven for 40 minutes or until the
cake tests done. Cool in pan on rack. Frost with Hundred Dollar Frosting.
Cut into squares. HUNDRED DOLLAR FROSTING: Combine butter and semisweet
choclolate in a double boiler top. Place over hot water, stirring until
melted. Remove and cool well. Add egg and stir vigorously. Stir in
confectioners’ sugar, vanilla and lemon juice. Beat until smooth. Stir in
walnuts and frost cake with icing.
Yields
16 Servings