This recipe is from from Maida Heatter’s Book of Great American Desserts. She is known for delicious desserts. Why use a box mix when you can make this one so easily?
Yield: 16 servings.
1/2 C. flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 large eggs
1 cup walnuts, broken into pieces (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9″ square pan with foil and butter the foil. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Melt butter in a 10 – 12 c saucepan over moderate heat. Stir in sugar and vanilla, and add eggs one at a time. Stir in dry ingredients, and stir in nuts. Spread smoothly in prepared pan. Bake 20 – 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center just barely comes out clean.
Cool in pan 15 minutes. Cover with rack and turn pan over. Remove pan and foil lining. Cover with a cutting board and turn back over again.
Let stand until cool.
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