Chocolate Nut Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| 1/3 cup soft butter or other shortening | ||
| Sugar | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Egg | 1 | |
| Unsweetened chocolate | 2 Ounce, melted | |
| Cake flour | 1 1/4 Cup (16 tbs), sifted | |
| Baking soda | 3/4 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Buttermilk | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Vanilla extract | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts | ||
| Easy Chocolate Frosting | ||
| Walnut or pecan | 10 | |
Directions
Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg and beat until light.
Blend in cooled chocolate.
Sift dry ingredients; add alternately with buttermilk.
Add vanilla and nuts.
Pour into greased 8-inch tube pan 3 inches deep.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350°F.) about 1 hour.
Cool, frost with Easy Chocolate Frosting, and arrange nut halves around edge.
Add egg and beat until light.
Blend in cooled chocolate.
Sift dry ingredients; add alternately with buttermilk.
Add vanilla and nuts.
Pour into greased 8-inch tube pan 3 inches deep.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350°F.) about 1 hour.
Cool, frost with Easy Chocolate Frosting, and arrange nut halves around edge.
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