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    One-Foot-In-The-Fire Fudge Cake


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    List of Ingredients




    1/3 cup Water
    2 (1 oz.) sqs. unsweetened Chocolate
    2/3 cup Shortening
    1 3/4 cup Sugar
    2 Eggs
    2 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
    1 3/4 tsp Baking soda
    1/2 tsp Salt
    1 cup Buttermilk
    1 tsp Vanilla extract
    Fluffy White Filling
    Chocolate Frosting

    FLUFFY WHITE FILLING:
    1/4 cup All-purpose flour
    1 cup Milk
    1/2 cup Butter or margarine,Softened
    1/2 cup Shortening
    1 cup Sugar
    1/4 tsp Salt
    1 tbsp Vanilla extract

    CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
    2 cup .sugar
    2 (1 oz.) sqs. unsweetened Chocolate
    1/2 cup Milk
    1/2 cup Butter or margarine
    1/2 tsp Vanilla extract

    Recipe



    Combine water and chocolate in a small heavy saucepan. Cook over low
    heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate melts. Remove from heat;
    cool. Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium
    speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well
    after each addition. Combine flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed
    mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour
    mixture. Add cooled chocolate and vanilla; mix just until blended.
    Pour batter into 3 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. Bake
    at 350 degrees for 17 to 19 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted
    in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans,
    and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Fluffy White Filling
    between layers. Spread Chocolate Frosting on top and sides of cake.
    Yield: one 3-layer cake. Place flour in a small saucepan; gradually
    stir in milk. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until
    thickened. Remove from heat; cool, stirring occasionally. Cream
    butter and shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and
    fluffy. Add salt, vanilla, and flour mixture; beat until smooth.
    Yield: about 4 cups. Combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy saucepan;
    cook over low heat until chocolate and butter melt, stirring
    constantly. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture
    boils. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in
    vanilla. Cool thoroughly. Beat at high speed of an electric mixer
    until of spreading consistency. Immediately spread on cake. Yield:
    enough for one 3-layer cake.

 

 

 


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