Original recipe from my grandmother Sallie Ayers Kelly. It is a depression-era or before recipe. One of the simplest cake recipes I have tried. Cool cake before frosting.
Original recipe makes 20 servings
Ingredients
2 cups buttermilk
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups white sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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PREP
15 mins
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COOK
30 mins
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READY IN
1 hr 15 mins
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×12-inch baking pan.
- Stir buttermilk and baking soda together in a bowl until dissolved and foaming.
- Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat the first egg into butter mixture until completely blended; beat in the second egg until incorporated.
- Whisk flour and cocoa powder together in a bowl. Beat flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk mixture, into creamed butter mixture using an electric mixer until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool cake for 30 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 177 kcal
Carbohydrates: 35.9 g
Cholesterol: 26 mg
Fat: 2.4 g
Fiber: 0.7 g
Protein: 3.5 g
Sodium: 169 mg