Birthday

granny's chocolate birthday cake is for Dessert.

granny's chocolate birthday cake takes 45 minutes to prepare.

granny's chocolate birthday cake takes 30 minutes to cook.

granny's chocolate birthday cake makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for granny's chocolate birthday cake are:

1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup milk, divided
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter
3 eggs separated
1 1/2 cups cake flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Here is how you make granny's chocolate birthday cake:

preheat oven to 350 degreesbutter 2 square cake pans, line with parchment paper and butter the paper. set aside.sift 1/2 cup cocoa into 1/2 milk and stir until smooth.cream butter and sugaradd egg yolks, beat welladd milk and cocoa, beat wellsift flour, baking powder, baking sodaadd flour mixture alternately with 1/2 cup milkadd vanilla; beat well after each additionbeat egg whites until stiff and fold into batterpour into prepared pans and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. cool on wire rack for 10 minutes. run a knife around the edge of the pans and invert onto wire rack. cool completely before icing.ICINGcream 1/2 cup unsalted butter.sift 1 lb. powdered sugar and 3 Tbl cocoa together and gradually beat into creamed butter.add sufficient strong black coffee to bring mixture to spreading consistency.The Birthday child gets a corner piece - that's the tradition. Note that I have this calculated at 12 servings - cut across the middle and then 6 slices on each side. Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAIA447.

The nutritional information for granny's chocolate birthday cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 462.9

• Total Fat: 17.4 g
• Cholesterol: 94.6 mg
• Sodium: 168.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 77.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
• Protein: 3.8 g