This old-fashioned chocolate snack cake recipe is straight from Grandmama's recipe files. It's a quick and easy homemade recipe full of chocolate flavor.
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Total Time50 minutesmins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, chocolate
Servings: 12
Calories: 195kcal
Ingredients
1/2cupbutter at room tempor 1 stick
1cupsugar
4large eggs
1cupself-rising flour
1.5cupschocolate syrupsuch as Hershey's
1.5teaspoonsvanilla extract
1cupsemi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Lightly coat an 8x8 baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy (1-2 minutes).
1/2 cup butter at room temp, 1 cup sugar
Add eggs and beat again, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed until incorporated (about 2 minutes).
4 large eggs
Add flour, syrup, and vanilla. Beat again for 1-2 minutes. Stir in the chocolate chips.
1 cup self-rising flour, 1.5 cups chocolate syrup, 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake at 350 until the center springs back when lightly pressed (40-45 minutes).
Notes
Batter will puff up as it bakes but will lower again once the cake is removed from the oven.