My son-in-law’s Grandma is one of the sweetest and feistiest women I know. Grandma Lois is 90 and now lives in a nursing home. But up to just a few years ago, she drove herself around in her little Ford and assisted in a grade school classroom several days a week.

Grandma Lois and Grandpa Bud had an upholstery business. She was always a hardworking woman. She didn’t stop working when her husband passed suddenly. She’s the matriarch of a wonderful, salt-of-the-earth family. I tell people when Daughter #1 got married, she won the lottery with these wonderful people.

Grandma was a member of a womens’ social club. One gathering had everyone bring their favorite recipe on a card to exchange. This is the recipe she received that day. My son-in-law LOVES chocolate cake and this is the family’s go-to chocolate cake for special occasions. I took this one with me to my cousin’s for Thanksgiving and I’ve had many requests for the recipe. I always check with the source before I share old family recipes and they were happy to let more people enjoy this yummy cake.

I’ll make another one to serve for drop-in company here at the Ponderosa. Hope you enjoy it!

Favorite Chocolate Cake

3 cups flour

2 cups sugar

2 tsp. Baking soda

1/2 tsp. Salt

1/4 to 1/2 cup cocoa

 Sift together the above then add – 

2 eggs

1 cup Wesson Oil 

2 T. Mayo

3 tsp. Vanilla

1 cup sour milk (add 2 T. Vinegar to milk & let sit 5 min.)

 OR you can use one cup buttermilk instead

1 cup boiling water

Put all ingredients in bowl; put boiling water in last. Beat 2 minutes or so.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let cool in pan for 10 minutes then tip out on a cake rack to cool. Slice “domed” top from each layer before frosting with your favorite icing. 

Makes two good sized layers.

If making cupcakes, bake for 20 minutes.

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“Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.”

1 Chronicles 16:3 NIV