Not only am I featuring Kathy Louvin in the Grand New Opry section of  my website this month.... I am also featuring one of her recipes here in Clementine's Kitchen.  One time, several years ago, I was recovering from an illness and Kathy came and got me and took me to her house to nurse me back to health. She cooked some of the most delicious food over the course of that few days. Most significantly, a chocolate cake. The kind of cake that renders you unable to talk because it is plastered to the roof of your mouth and can only be dislodged with the help of an ice cold glass of milk. It was so dense and delicious that I still think of it, every time I eat some other chocolate cake that pales in comparison. And most do.  She also sang TO me and WITH me and we laughed and ate chocolate cake and VOILA', all of the sudden I was well.  The next thing we did was indulge in too much libation and end up on a tractor. That was a long time ago. We don't drink anymore. Or drive tractors. But we do still sing and we do still cook.  Don't forget to check her out in the Grand New Opry section, she's gotta new CD that's as good or better than the cake. And that is saying a lot!  So, for your dining pleasure...the best chocolate cake ever. 




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The Best Chocolate Cake Ever

2 cups white granulated sugar

2 cups Martha White self-rising flour

2 cups Buttermilk (NOT lowfat)

2 sticks real butter (salted)

3 Eggs (beaten)

4 1-oz squares unsweetened chocolate

​2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring

Melt the butter and chocolate in a heavy saucepan over medium low heat. While that is melting, mix other ingredients together. 

Mix the melted butter and chocolate in with the batter.

Pour into greased and floured cake pans and bake slow at 325 degrees for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out without batter. The cake may look slightly cracked on top.

The cake is so moist the toothpick may look like it has cake on it - and maybe it will,  but if it isn't wet,  it's done.

BONUS!! Just in case you missed the video of Kathy's song BACK TO THE MASTER.... Click on the glass of milk to check it out.

Bon Appetit'