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Brown Sugar Fudge Cake




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List of Ingredients




1/2 cup shortening
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
2 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate, melted
2-1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Creamy Chocolate Frosting
Grated semisweet chocolate



Recipe



Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate; beat well.

Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.

Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.

Spread Creamy Chocolate Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

CREAMY CHOCOLATE FROSTING

3/4 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
2-1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
6-3/4 cups sifted powdered sugar

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until butter melts. Remove from heat; add salt, vanilla, and sugar.

Beat on high speed of an electric mixer until spreading consistency, add additional milk, if necessary.