Grandmother Grout's Cake
Source and licence
"Grandmother Grout's Cake" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Grandmother_Grout%27s_Cake, revision 4522746), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Grandmother_Grout's_Cake&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 3 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted
Method
- Cream together the butter, sugar, baking powder, salt, and flour
- Add the milk.
- Beat the egg and fold in.
- Divide batter between 2 greased and parchment-lined 8-inch (20 cm) round cake pans.
- Bake about 20–25 minutes at about 350°F (175°C).
- Cool completely before frosting.
- Combine all frosting ingredients in a saucepan.
- Heat over medium heat, stirring to dissolve everything.
- Cook to the soft ball stage.
- Cool slightly, and spread at once over the cake.