Grandma's Chocolate Cake

This delicious cake and cooked frosting was posted on Taste of Home. It is moist but dense with rich chocolate flavor. A favorite, described as eating a huge oreo. 

 Original recipe can be found at: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/moist-chocolate-cake

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 cup baking cocoa

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil

1 cup brewed coffee

1 cup milk

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Icing:

1 cup milk
5 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift together dry ingredients in a bowl. Add oil, coffee, and milk; mix at medium speed 1 minute. Add eggs and vanilla, beat 2 minutes longer.

Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch round pans.  Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, 25-30 minutes.  Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.

For icing, combine milk and flour and whisk over medium heat until thick.  Cover and refrigerate.

In a bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add chilled milk mixture and beat (I use whisk attachment) on high 10 minutes. Frost cooked cake.

  

Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

Dough

• 1 cup warm milk
• 1 tablespoon instant dry yeast
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons salted butter, softened 
• 1 large egg
• 3 cups all-purpose flour

 Filling

•  1/2 cup salted butter, melted
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon

 Glaze

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup salted butter, softened
• 1 to 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1-2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

1. In bowl of stand mixer, combine warm milk, yeast, sugar, salt, butter and eggs.  Add in flour.  Using dough hook, turn the mixer on to a low speed.
2. Once the flour starts to incorporate, increase the speed to medium.  Add more flour if necessary till the dough pulls away from sides of the bowl.  Dough should be tacky but not stick to your hands.
3. Put dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover with a towel and let rise for 1 hour.
4. Punch down dough and roll out to about a 12 x 18 rectangle.
5. Brush dough with melted butter.  In small bowl, mix the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle on the melted butter.  Roll up tightly lengthwise so you have one long roll.  Cut into 12 one inch slices using a serrated knife or unflavored dental floss.
6. Place each slice side up into a light greased 9 x 13 glass baking dish.  Cover and let rise another 1 hour.
7. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.  Bake rolls for 18-22 minutes or until lightly brown on top. 
8. While rolls are baking, make the glaze by mixing ingredients together, adding milk at the end till desired consistency.
9. Frost the rolls while still warm.  Store covered up to 5 days.