Committee Cake

Why is this recipe called Committee Cake? I don't know. But the cake is delicious. When I made this cake, Mom tried it and remembered making it but did not remember where she found the recipe. This cake is dense and has a slightly crunchy texture due to the addition of cornmeal.

When I made this cake, it did not rise as much as I expected. And the chopped chocolate seemed to have sunk to the bottom rather than distributed throughout the cake. The recipe calls for chocolate frosting, but does not give the ingredients. So I made a standard chocolate frosting that turned out to nicely complement the cake.

Committee Cake 

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup corn meal
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 6 ounces chocolate chips, finely chopped

Chocolate frosting

• 1/2 cup butter
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Cake: Beat the butter with the sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Mix and sift together the corn meal, salt, and baking powder. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk in two additions and mix well after each addition. Stir in chopped chocolate. Pour into a well greased 13x9 pan. Bake at 350 for 40 to 45 minutes. Cool before frosting.

Frosting: Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternate adding powdered sugar and milk. Add in vanilla. Mix until spreading consistency. Add additional milk if needed. Spread the frosting on cake. Enjoy!