Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

Summary

A handwritten cursive recipe for a chocolate buttermilk cake, on aged/yellowed 3-hole-punched notebook paper, with no attribution or date given.

Key contents

• Physical artifact: lined, 3-hole-punched notebook paper, cursive handwriting, visibly aged/yellowed with a torn corner — likely an older family recipe, but no date is written on it.
• Ingredients:
• 2 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. butter
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3/4 c. buttermilk
• 2 tsp. soda
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 3 tbs. cocoa (heaping)
• 2 c. flour
• 1 c. boiling water
• Method: 1. Cream sugar and butter; add eggs. 2. Dissolve soda in buttermilk and whip; add to creamed mixture and beat. 3. Add flour, then the boiling water. 4. Bake about 45 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Note on card: "Your time for baking will vary, and it may take 15 minutes more or 15 minutes less to cook."