Chocolate Cake

This is a cake recipe from 2008. Boxed cake mixes all contained ingredients we didn't tolerate well, so we got some organic sugar and other high quality baking ingredients, googled up a recipe and made a cake from scratch. We modified this recipe: One Bowl Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 4 squares Baker's unsweetened baking chocolate
• 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) organic butter
• 1-1/2 cups Tubinado sugar
• 3 organic eggs (or similar quality, like Eggland's Best eggs)
• 2 tsp. vanilla (I used Spice Island's. It was just vanilla extract and alcohol. Everything else had corn syrup in it, even the organic stuff.)
• 2-1/2 cups flour, divided
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. Celtic sea salt
• 1-1/2 cups filtered water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Melt chocolate and butter in a small bowl until butter and chocolate are thoroughly melted.
   We did this on the stove, in a glass bowl in a pot with water in it, on low heat.
3. Put the sugar in a large bowl and pour the chocolate and butter mixture into it. Mix well.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until well blended. We did this with a fork.
5. Add vanilla; mix well.
6. Mix 1/2 cup of the flour, the baking soda and salt; beat until well blended in small mixing cup or bowl. Add to cake batter and mix until well blended.
7. Add remaining 2 cups flour alternately with water, beating until well blended after each addition.
8. Pour evenly into large rectangular glass oven pan (coated with oil and flour, of course -- we used coconut oil).
9. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
10. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan.