Birthday Cake From Kathy's Kitchen

Today is my birthday; I’m 63. It’s also the third birthday for my book Gifts of Grace.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Gifts-Grace-Kathy-McKinsey/dp/1649171196

 

I decided to bake my favorite cake today, that Mom baked for us when I was growing up. But I must confess, I’m going to double the recipe and bake it in a 9 by 13 inch pan. Yummy.

 

brown velvet cake

 

1- 1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup sugar

1 cup milk

1 egg

4 tbsp baking coco

2 tbsp melted butter or margarine

1 tsp vanilla

 

directions

 

mix baking soda, flour, and salt

 

in second bowl dissolve sugar in milk

 

add egg, coco, butter,  vanilla,

and flour mixture.  Add 1 ingredient at  a time, the flour mixture one third at a time.  Beat after each

addition.

 

grease an 8 inch square cake pan

 

pour in mixture

 

bake for 35 min at 350 degrees.