GRANDMA'S BLACK CHOCOLATE CAKE

2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 c. sour milk
2 tsp. baking soda
2 c. flour
2 sq. chocolate, unsweetened
1 c. boiling water
Pinch of salt
1 tsp.vanilla

Cream butter or margarine and sugar together. Add eggs, well beaten and soda dissolved in sour milk. Add flour and chocolate dissolved in cup of boiling water. Add 1/4 tsp. salt and vanilla. Bake in 2 (9 inch) cake pans, floured and lined in waxed paper.

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BLACK MAGIC CAKE

2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
3/4 c. cocoa
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 c. black coffee
1 c. milk
1/2 c. oil
2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift all dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Add eggs and liquids, stir until batter is smooth. (Batter is thin). Pour into well greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake 35 minutes or until done. Cool in pan. Top with butter cream icing. This cake is even more moist the second day. Can also be baked in 8 inch round pans. Line these pans with wax paper.

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LOUISE'S BLACK MIDNIGHT CAKE

1 c. Crisco or oleo
2 1/2 c. sugar
4 eggs
2 c. hot coffee
1 c. cocoa
3 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream Crisco, sugar, and eggs together. Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with hot coffee to the creamed mixture. Add vanilla. Bake at 350 degrees 40 to 45 minutes or possibly longer. Makes a big cake. Use loaf pan and another pan smaller than loaf pan.

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