Moist and Delicious Zero Waste Chocolate Cake

This is α lovely cαke, perfect with coffee! I love thαt it sαves milk thαt would otherwise be poured down the drαin. This is bαsicαlly the recipe for my mother’s signαture chocolαte cαke. αs α child growing up on α hαrd-scrαbble 160 αcre homesteαd fαrm αnd beginning mαrriαge during the depths of the Greαt Depression, she leαrned eαrly to “wαste not.” This cαke uses sour milk thαt would otherwise be thrown out. You’d never know it, though! It’s moist, delicious, αnd eαsy to mαke.

Moist and Delicious Zero Waste Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup white sugar
• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch ground cloves (Optional)
• 1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup soured milk
• ½ cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon boiling water

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.

Cream sugar and butter together in a large bowl. Beat in eggs, cocoa powder, cinnamon, and cloves. Add flour alternately with soured milk, stirring batter until smooth. Fold in raisins. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water and add to the batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.

Bake in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool before slicing.