1 stick butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup (non-Dutch) cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
- In a large bowl, cream butter. Add brown sugar and sugar, and beat until fluffy. Add egg and beat well. Mix in buttermilk and vanilla.
- Sift in the remainder of the ingredients, and stir until well-blended.
- Pour into a buttered and floured loaf pan, and bake at 325 F for about 60 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan.