Black Magic Cake (aka The Ugly Cake)

prep time:: very little
total time:: 1 hour

Makes 1 sheet cake

This moist cake is terrific. The batter is thin, so carrying the bowl with two hands is recommended when making a cake on your mother’s birthday. Cake is better cooked in oven than on the floor in 10 ft. radius. This also has been named the ugly cake because when you try to make it in round pans and then layer it, it is so dense, that it either looks like a volcano or a crater, neither or which is pretty in a cake.

ingredients

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
2 t baking soda
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
1 t vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup strong black coffee
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
Frosting (Texas Sheet Cake Frosting)
4 T cocoa
1 stick butter
1 t vanilla
1 box of powdered sugar

directions

1
Mix all the ingredients two minutes.
2
Batter will be thin.
3
Grease and flour pans.
4
Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes in 9x13 oblong pan.
5
When making frosting, boil the cocoa and butter, then add in vanilla and powdered sugar. Pour thick mixture over cake spreading for evenness. Recommend frosting while cake still warm.