Mom's Chocolate Cake

Hello again!  I have been M.I.A for months, sorry!  The end of pregnancy, a funeral and a new baby have kept me a little preoccupied ;) We also just found out we have to move houses, which means a lot of packing and sorting and less time to blog.  Sad.  But, I have so many recipes I want to share that I will try and post as many as I can in between feeding the baby, changing poopy diapers, packing, and changing more diapers.  I forgot how often they need changed!  But this chocolate cake recipe is worth the wait, I promise! 

My mom is notorious for her chocolate cake.  I don't know where the original recipe came from, but she has been making this since I was a kid  Usually, I am not a huge fan of chocolate cake, but whenever she made this, I couldn't keep out of it. It was perfectly moist, not too dense and had just the right amount of chocolate.

A lot of homemade chocolate cakes aren't as moist as (gasp!) box mixes.  But, hers is different.  Just be careful not to over bake it.  If the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan, it has cooked too long. Watch it carefully towards the end of cooking. 

Mom's Chocolate Cake
 Ingredients:
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup Wesson oil
1 TBS vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1 TBS baking soda

Directions:
Mix buttermilk, oil, vanilla, and eggs in large mixing bowl.
Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl. 
 

Boil 1 3/4 cup water, once is it at a rolling boil, slowly mix in with all ingredients.  Pour into 9 X 13 pan
Bake at 350* for 45 minutes
 

Top generously with chocolate frosting.  

Up next, I have a finger licking chocolate frosting recipe to put on top.