Perfect Chocolate Cake with Perfect Chocolate Frosting

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20 Servings
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1 c oa
2 c ling water
1 c garine
2 1/2 c ar
4 s
2 3/4 c ur
2 ts ing soda
1/2 ts t
1 1/2 ts illa
WHIPPPED AM FILLING
1 c Whipping am
1 ts illa extract
1/4 c dered sugar
PERFECT COLATE FROSTING
6 oz isweet chocolate
1/2 c f and half
3/4 c ter
2 1/2 c dered sugar

Perfect Chocolate Cake: Combine cocoa and boiling water, stirring until smooth; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time. Combine flour, soda, baking powder, and salt in bowl; add to mixture alternately with cocoa mixture. Stir in vanilla. Use two 10" pans. Bake 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes WHIPPPED CREAM FILLING: Beat whipping cream and vanilla until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar. Makes 1 cup. PERFECT CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Combine first three ingredients in saucepan; cook until chocolate melts. Remove from heat; add powdered sugar. Set pan is ice, and beat until frosting holds it shape and loses it gloss. Add a few more drops of half/half if needed to make spreading consistency. Makes 2 1/2 cups Recipe By : Southern Living Five Star Recipe Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #293 Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 22:10:16 -0800 From: scahill and at;tcsn.net (Edward Cahill)


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