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    Graveyard Cake


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    List of Ingredients




    2 cups all-purpose flour
    2 cups sugar
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 cup butter or margarine
    1 cup water
    1/4 cup baking cocoa
    1/2 cup sour cream
    2 eggs

    FROSTING
    1/4 cup butter or margarine
    3 tablespoons milk
    2 tablespoons baking cocoa
    2 cups confectioners’ sugar
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    18 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
    Green and brown decorator’s icing or gel
    9 cream-filled oval vanilla sandwich cookies
    1 cup whipped topping

    Recipe



    Pumpkin candies and gummy worms, optionalIn a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a saucepan, combine butter, water and cocoa; bring to a boil over medium heat. Add to flour mixture; beat well. Beat in sour cream and eggs. Pour into a greased 13-inch by 9-inch by 12-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 – 38 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a saucepan, combine butter, milk and cocoa; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; stir in sugar and vanilla. Pour over warm cake. Crumble chocolate cookies; sprinkle over frosting while still warm. Cool completely. For tombstones, use icing to decorate vanilla cookies with words or faces; place on cake. For ghosts, make mounds of whipped topping; using icing to add eyes and mouths as desired. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving, add pumpkins and gummy worms if desired.

    Yield: 16 servings

 

 

 


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