Chocolate Malted Milk Cake
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2 oz unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c margarine
1 1/4 c sugar
2 ea eggs
1 ts vanilla
2 c cake flour
1/2 ts salt
1 tb lemon juice
1 c milk
1 ts baking soda
1 tb malt vinegar
1 x Cocoa powder
1/2 c chopped walnuts
Chocolate Frosting:
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c butter or margarine
4 c powdered sugar
5 tb milk
1 ts vanilla
Melt chocolate in double boiler and set aside to cool completely.
Cream together margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in the vanilla.
Stir together cake flour and salt.
Combine lemon juice and milk.
Blend flour mixture into creamed butter-sugar mixture alternately with lemon juice/milk mixture; mix well.
Add melted chocolate, blending thoroughly.
Dissolve baking soda in malt vinegar in bowl large enough to accommodate foaming of mixture.
Add to batter, mixing well.
Divide batter equally between 2 (8") square cake pans, greased and dusted with cocoa powder.
Bake at 350 degrees 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans for about 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on wire racks.
Place 1 layer, top-side down, on serving platter.
Spoon about 1/3 cup Chocolate Frosting onto layer and spread evenly to edge.
Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Place other layer, top-side up, on frosted layer.
Frost sides of cake, then top, covering completely.
Chocolate Frosting:
Melt chocolate in double boiler and cool completely.
Cream together butter and powdered sugar. Add milk, vanilla and melted chocolate. Blend until smooth and creamy.
Makes about 2 cups of frosting.
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