Elaine'S Chocolate Birthday Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/4 c. sifted cake flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. butter
2 1/2 c. brown sugar
3 eggs
3 (1 oz.) unsweetened chocolate sq., melted
1/2 c. sour milk
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. boiling water

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0.
Cream butter; add sugar gradually and cream well.
Add 3 eggs, one at a time.
Beat well after each egg. Add melted chocolate.
Sift 1/3 cup flour into batter.
Mix well and add 1/3 of the sour milk; mix slightly.
Repeat, ending with flour (secret - mix slightly).
Mix vanilla with boiling water; add to batter and mix.
Put in 3 (9-inch) cake pans, greased and lined with wax paper on bottom.
Pour batter into pans and bake 20 to 25 minutes at 375\u00b0.
Cool for 10 minutes and remove.