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Chocolate cake

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

  1. 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.
  2. Sift in the remainder of the ingredients, and stir until well-blended.
  3. Pour into a buttered and floured loaf pan, and bake at 325 F for about 60 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
  4. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan.