Chocolate Cake

This basic chocolate cake recipe may be used as a base for more ornate cake recipes.

• 1 1/2 cups sorghum flour (I purchase from www.twinvalleymills.com )
• 1/2 cup cocoa (e.g. Hershey's)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 - 1 tsp xanthum gum
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp. vanilla

1. Mix together dry ingredients.
2. Add wet ingredients.
3. Grease and flour an 8" x 8" pan.
4. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until done.

May be decorated with frosting or cut into layers for layer cake.

Contributed by Joyce Leite

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