The Most Delicious Chocolate Cake Recipe Ever

A Family Secret

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She was five when we baked our first cake. Little blonde pigtails bouncing and big blue eyes dancing while we pulled out the ingredients. I had printed out the recipe so she could help me find everything. “What’s next, Mama!”

“Hmmm,” I pretended to ponder the ingredients. “We have flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, oil and milk. I’m…