*Note: The buttermilk is what makes this cake so moist. Don't add the cocoa powder or chocolate chips and it makes a nice, one-layer golden cake.
1/3 butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup cake flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350°.
Beat sugar and butter. Add egg, buttermilk and vanilla and beat.
Whisk dry ingredients then whisk into wet, slowly, three portions at
a time. Pour into buttered 9-inch round cake pan.
Put in oven for 10 minutes, then remove and sprinkle chocolate chips over batter.
(If you mix them in with the batter and put them in from the start, the chips all sink to the bottom)
350° 40 minutes or until
center springs back.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar or frost with your favorite icing.
