The Church Lady Cake

Sis loved this cake at church this spring, made by one of my co-teachers. It is full of chocolatey goodness. And so we are making it today to take to a friend whose husband had an Achilles' tendon repair and is laid up for several weeks, re-learning how to walk. No worries, we're making two small loaves so Sis can have one, too!

(The only worry is that cake mix, purist that I am. But even I am not going to make a from-scratch mix to use in this recipe!)

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Miss J.W.'s Church Chocolate Cake

Devils Food Cake mix

8oz sour cream

4 eggs

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup coffee or liquor

2 tablespoons grated orange peel

1 teaspoon cinnamon

12 oz chocolate chips

Mix all that together and pour in a greased and floured pan. I usually flour it with unsweetened cocoa powder, that way the flour doesn't leave a white mess on the fininshed cake. Bake at 350 for around an hour.

If you are so inclined, when the cake comes out of the oven, pour on the following.

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup orange juice or orange liquor

1/4 cup water.

Heat this together until the sugar melts and pour in over the cake while it is still in the baking pan.

Happy baking! J.W.