Chocolate cake recipes are like oxygen to many people!

Chocolate cake recipes are my favorites and I have made a special volume just for cakes in my "Chocolate Dessert Recipes" cookbook.

CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

• ½ Cup soft butter
• 1 ½ Cups sugar
• 4 Ounces unsweetened melted chocolate
• 4 Eggs
• 2 ½ Cups flour
• ½ Teaspoon soda
• 1 Cup buttermilk
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a tube pan.

Cream butter and Sugar together until smooth. Add chocolate and eggs. Beat until fluffy.

Sift together flour and baking soda.

To the cream mixture, add the flour and soda mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Slowly mix until well blended and then stir in the vanilla.

Pour into a prepared tube pan. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE

• ¼ Cup soft butter
• 2 Cups sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 4 Ounces unsweetened melted chocolate
• 2 Cups sour cream
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla
• 2 Cups sifted flour
• 1 ¼ Teaspoon baking soda
• ½ Teaspoon salt
• ½ Teaspoon baking powder
• 1 Cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 9inch square pans.

Cream together butter, sugar, eggs, melted chocolate, sour cream and vanilla.

Sift together the flour, soda, salt and baking powder.

Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the water. Beat well after each addition.

Pour into prepared pans and bake for 30 minutes or until done. Cool cakes and frost.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

• ¾ Cup sour cream
• ½ Cup soft butter
• 3 Ounces melted unsweetened chocolate
• 2 Teaspoons vanilla
• 5 Cups confections sugar or until spreading consistency

Beat all ingredients until smooth. Frost bottom layer and then top with other layer. Frost top and sides.

MAYONNAISE CAKE

• 1 Cup sugar
• 2 Cups flour
• Pinch salt
• 3 Tablespoons cocoa
• 1 Teaspoon soda
• ¾ Cup mayonnaise
• 1 Teaspoon vanilla
• 1 Cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 9x13 inch cake pan.

Sift together the dry ingredients in a mixer bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour cake batter into the 9x13 inch cake pan. Bake for 30 minutes.

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