Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 sticks butter
5 eggs
2 c. sugar
3 c. self-rising flour, sifted and measured again
1 c. sweet milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla flavor*

Preparation

Cream together the butter and sugar (mix well).
Put eggs in a separate bowl; beat for 2 minutes, or until well mixed.
Add eggs with butter and sugar mixture.
Beat until cake mixture is smooth (sugar grains well dissolved).
If cake mix is very smooth, add milk and beat momentarily.
Add 2 cups flour; mix well.
Add remainder of flour; beat until light.
Add flavor; beat 1 minute. Pour mixture into regular size baking pans; cook at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes.
Makes 3 pans.