Mommo's Fudge Cake

I haven't posted much lately because we have been eating some pretty lousy dinners around here.  It's sure hard to feel like standing in the kitchen for an hour at the end of a long day, so we go with scrambled eggs or pathetic concoctions of leftovers.  My family has been nice enough to not complain too much - perhaps because I seem to have kept up on the desserts well enough.  (Baby likes sweets!)  So, here is my grandmother's chocolate cake recipe that we've been enjoying this past week.  She got this recipe from a friend years ago who was reluctant to share it because she knew that replications of the cake would probably turn out different than the one she just served.  Apparently she found the batter so delicious that her cake was significantly thinner than if you bake all of the batter.  She's right - it's goooood, baked or not!  And it's easy, nothing fancy to throw this together.  My girls helped me put plain vanilla frosting and sprinkles on top, but I grew up having this cake with meringue or chocolate frosting on it... you really can't go wrong!

Mommo’s Fudge Cake

2 squares Bakers unsweetened chocolate

1 C. boiling water

1 stick butter

2 C. flour

½ tsp. salt

1 ½ tsp. baking soda

2 C. sugar

½ C. buttermilk

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat to 350°.  Add water and butter to chocolate, and stir til melted (or microwave all 3 together, stirring frequently until melted), and cool.  Sift together flour, salt, and soda; add to chocolate mixture.  Add sugar, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla.  Bake in 9x13” pan for 35 minutes.