Nana's Chocolate Cake.
You can have Nana's Chocolate Cake using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Nana's Chocolate Cake
- You need of For the Frosting:.
- You need of sugar.
- It’s of Cocoa.
- You need of milk.
- It’s of shortening.
- Prepare of salt.
- It’s of blackberry brandy.
- Prepare of For the cake:.
- It’s of unsalted butter (melted).
- It’s of sugar.
- You need of eggs.
- It’s of blackberry brandy.
- It’s of flour.
- You need of Cocoa.
- It’s of baking soda.
- You need of salt.
- Prepare of milk.
Nana's Chocolate Cake step by step
- For the cake:.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy..
- Add eggs and brandy, beat until smooth and uniform..
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add alternately with the milk to the creamed mixture..
- Pour batter into 2 greased and floured (with cocoa) into 2 8" cake pans..
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes..
- Cool. Frost with the icing in your fridge..
- For the frosting/icing:.
- Mix all ingredients together except for the brandy in a medium pan and heat over high heat..
- Stir constantly until the mixture begins to boil..
- After 2 minutes of boiling and stirring constantly, remove from heat..
- After the mixture cools for a few minutes, add the brandy..
- Allow the mixture to cool thoroughly and then place into the refrigerator for several hours..