Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe | 100-Year-Old Recipe

100 Year Old Cake

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

This cake recipe is over 100 years old! It is a delicious, dense, chocolate-lovers cake, and can be made and customized with many different fillings, or keep it simple by making it a sheet cake!

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This was my Great-Great-Grandmother Cecelia Maria Nicholson’s Recipe. She was born in 1900! My Grandma’s sister gave me this recipe, and she said that this cake would stay moist for 2 whole weeks! This recipe is probably 100 years old, and this Chocolate Fudge Cake recipe was so easy to make, and was one of the best cakes I have ever had!

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I made this recipe in my Kitchen Aid Mixer, but it can be easily made the old-fashioned way, with a bowl and a whisk, or even a handheld mixer!

This cake is very dense, the first time I made it, I used round cake pans and they took a while to make fully! I think I baked it for 35-40 minutes.

I had recently made it for my grandpa’s birthday party and decided to change it up and use the cream filling from my chocolate cream roll recipe as the middle filling for this cake, and the chocolate frosting for the outside. Let me tell you, it was incredible!!! The lightness of the cream really balanced out the richness and dense cake. I highly recommend it!

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Chocolate Fudge Cake

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

This Chocolate Fudge Cake recipe is 100 years old! My Great-Great Grandma would make it! It is so rich, and will stay moist for 2 weeks! This will become a new family favorite!

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• ½ cup cocoa powder (plus 3 Tbs)
• ¾ cups shortening
• Pinch salt
• 3 eggs
• ¾ cups buttermilk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 heaping tsp baking powder

Fudge Frosting

• ½ cup Butter (room temperature)
• ½ cup Cream Cheese (room temperature)
• 3 cups Powdered Sugar
• ⅔ cup Cocoa Powder
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• ¼ cup Milk or Heavy Cream

Instructions 

• First, cream the sugar, cocoa powder, and shortening (or butter) in a bowl.
• Then add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, and mix together, then add the flour.
• Boil the cup of water, then add to the batter and mix carefully. Then add the vanilla, and heaping spoon-full of baking powder.
• Pour into either a 9×13 pan, or two 8-inch pans. Bake at 350 for 45 min if you are using a 9×13 pan, and bake for 35-45 for two 8-inch pans!
• For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until combined, add in powdered sugar, cocoa, milk, and vanilla. Whip until it is fluffy. Add more or less milk dependingon the thickness you are wanting.
• Once the cake has cooled, frost & enjoy!

Notes

I especially love this cake cold! Keep in the fridge then serve!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: chocolate cake, chocolate fudge cake

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