Favorite Birthday Cake

Here's the recipe of the cake I made to celebrate Kaylie's birthday. My mother-in-law gave me the recipe about 30 years ago and it's been a favorite birthday cake for all of us.

This will make a 9 " square cake. Double it if you have a bigger crowd - you can make two 9" layers, three 8" ones or a 9"x13" cake. Yum!

Marjorie's Black Forest Cake

Combine dry ingredients:
3/4 C and 2 T flour
1 C sugar
1/4 C and 2 T cocoa
3/4 t baking soda
3/4 t baking powder
1/2 t salt

Sift all this together.

In a separate bowl combine:
1 egg
1/2 C milk
1/4 C melted butter
2 t vanilla
1/2 C water

Stir the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Pour into a greased and floured pan and bake at 350 degress for 25 minutes.

Let it cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove the cake from the pan and finish cooling on a rack.

Spread a can of chilled cherry pie filling on top and garnish generously with whipped cream.