Chocolate Cake

Cake Ingredients

1 cup butter (2 sticks)

3 cups granulated sugar

3 eggs

8 squares of  dark baking chocolate melted in 1 cup of water

1 tsp vanilla

3 1/2 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

1 tsp soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup buttermilk

Preheat ovan to 350F. Grease and flour or use non-stick spray 2 9" round pans.

Melt chocolate with 1 cup of water in double boiler on top of stove. Set aside. Cream together butter and sugar until light. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add cooled melted chocolate and vanilla. Mix well. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Gradually add to butter mixture. Add buttermilk last in a stream mixing well.  Pour into prepared pans. Bake 28-34 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cooling rack and allow to completely cool.

Chocolate Frosting Ingredients:

1 Stick of Butter at room temperature

1/3 C Cocoa

3 1/2 C Powdered Sugar

1 1/2 t Vanilla

3-4 T Milk

Cream butter, powdered sugar cocoa and vanilla together. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until frosting is of spreading consistency. Fill and frost 2 9" layers.