Cindy's Chocolate Cake

My Aunt Cindy makes the BEST chocolate cake.  She used this recipe to make cupcakes for my birthday this year and I enjoyed each and every one that I ate (the number of which will not be disclosed).  When she bakes a cake with this recipe, she likes to add cherry or strawberry pie filling to the center, but I prefer just the chocolate cake and whipped cream icing.  This recipe is the perfect chocolate fix!

The Cake

1 cup buttermilk (use whole buttermilk)
1 cup vegetable oil
2 egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla

Beat all ingredients together.  The add the following:

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

½ cup cocoa

1 tbsp. baking soda

¼ tsp. salt

Mix all ingredients together together until batter is smooth.  Then add 1 cup boiling water.  Mix until smooth.

Pour batter into (3) greased and floured 8 or 9 inch round baking pans.  Bake at 325 for 1 hour.  

Whipped Cream Frosting

Add 1/3 cup powdered sugar for every 2 pints of heavy whipping cream.  You can adjust the sugar to taste.  Whip until spreading consistency but be careful it doesn’t turn to butter.  To frost the cake, you need 3 pints of heavy whipping cream if you use the fruit filling in the center.  You'll need 4 pints if you don’t use the filling.