Best Montana Mountain Cake Recipes

MONTANA MOUNTAIN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Grease three 8" layer cake pans; dust lightly with bread crumbs.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Cream butter and sugar; add vanilla.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well blended.
• Beat in chocolate.
• Add water alternatively with dry ingredients.
• Divide batter into cake pans, spread to level, then push batter up the sides a little bit leaving a slight concavity in the center.
• Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until cake just begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• Cool 5 minutes in the pan, then invert and cool completely on cooling racks.
• If necessary for even frosting, cut the tops level.
• Frost layers, staking them, and sides with your favorite frosting (I like coffee flavored Seafoam Frosting).
• With your spatula, quickly pull frosting up in peaks all over the cake.

MONTANA MOUNTAIN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375. Grease and flour three 8 or 9 inch round baking pans.
• In large mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, beat 2 minutes. Add vanilla.
• In seperate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt; add alternatley with water to butter mixture, beating till well blended.
• Divide batter evenly among prepared pans. Spread batter to edges of pans and slightly up sides. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pans. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pans to wire cake racks. Cool completely. Frost with any ready made frosting.