Fudge Cake - Kathleen Ronk

This makes a very nice cake.  The ingredients are just as I copied them from Mom's recipe, but I used the following specifics.  Salted butter, Large egg, Unsweetened chocolate, Cake flour and 1% milk.  All purpose flour can be used, it just won't raise as much.  A higher fat content milk will provide a slightly moister cake.  Chop the chocolate before putting it in the double boiler to soften - it will go faster.

I used a 9 x 13 cake pan that was greased and floured.

  1/2 Cup Butter                                                                3/4 Cup Milk

  1 Cup Sugar                                                                    1/4 Tsp Salt

  1 Egg                                                                              2 Tsp Baking Powder

  2 Squares Chocolate                                                       1 Tsp Vanilla

  2 Cup Flour                                                                   

Mix and cream butter until very light, add sugar gradually.  Add egg.  Soften chocolate over hot water and add.  When mixture is perfectly smooth.  Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla, beating until smooth after each addition.  Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.