Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

1 c Water
1 c Butter
3/4 c Unsweetened cocoa
2 c Flour
2 c Sugar
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Buttermilk
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Almond extract

Heat oven to 350 deg f. Lightly grease two 9" cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper. Bring water to a boil. Stir in butter and cocoa. Mix flour, sugar and baking soda in a mixer bowl. Mix at low speed. Gradually add butter - cocoa mix. Increase speed to medium and beat until well blended. Add eggs, buttermilk and extracts, blending until smooth. Pour into prepared cake pans. Bake until pick inserted in middle comes out clean. (30 to 35 minutes). Cool cake, in pans, on wire rack for 15 minutes. Turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Frost as desired. Makes on 9" cake or 1 Tube cake. (If baking in a tube pan - Bake for 45 to 50 minutes).

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