This is the cake that everyone asks me to bring to any pot lucks, community dinners and get togethers. It has withstood the test of time!
Enjoy!
Nanny Kelley's Black Joe Cake
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa (I prefer Hershey's, naturally) Suze's note!
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup hot black coffee
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Sift all the dry ingredients and add oil, coffee milk and mayonnaise. Mix for two minutes. Add the eggs and the vanilla flavoring and mix well for two minutes more. This batter will not be thick.
Pour into two greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or longer depending on your oven. Start checking with a toothpick at 25 minutes and take it from there.
Cool the cake for fifteen minutes before removing from the pans. Cool the cakes on wire racks.
Light and Airy Cooked Icing
I cup milk
5 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Combine milk and flour in a saucepan and cook until thick. Cover and refrigerate. In mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla till creamy. And the chilled milk and flour mixture and beat for ten minutes or more. Frost the cooled cake.
