Recipe - Chocolate Cake with Barley Flour

Alberta Barley - a hearty, healthy choice!

Chocolate Cake
2 cups 2 2 tsp 2/3 cup	sugar eggs vanilla canola oil	500 mL 2 10 mL 150 mL
3 cups 2/3 cup 2 tsp 2 tsp 1 tsp 2 cups	whole barley flour cocoa baking powder baking soda salt boiling water	750 mL 150 mL 10 mL 10 mL 5 mL 500 mL

In a large bowl, beat sugar, eggs, vanilla and oil for 4 minutes. In another bowl, combine barley flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix dry ingredients into liquid mixture alternately with boiling water, starting with dry ingredients. Beat until smooth. Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan (3 L). Bake at 350° F (180° C) for 45 minutes or until centre springs back when lightly touched. Cool, then frost with favourite icing.

From:

Donna Hamilton
Hamilton’s Barley Flour
Olds, Alberta