Cocoa Cake With Pudding Icing

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 7/8 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup milk mixed with 1 tsp vinegar
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 7/8 cup sugar
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease 2 9" cake pans and set aside.
• 2 to make the cake, combine the first 11 ingredients (sugar through the first 1 tsp vanilla) into a mixing bowl.beat at medium speed for 1 1/2 minutes.
• 3 pour into prepared cake pans and bake for 25 minutes. cool cakes in pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto a rack to cool completely before frosting.
• 4 for frosting: in saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, chocolate, and boiling water. cook, stirring until mixture thickens. turn off the heat. stir in butter and vanilla. cool slightly before frosting cake. ( i usually leave the sides unfrosted).