Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
4 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
Fudge Frosting
Recipe
Place chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring
water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until
chocolate melts. Set aside, and let 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. Stir in
melted chocolate.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to chocolate
mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with
flour mixture. Stir in vanilla and pecans.
Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake-
pans. Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden
pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10
minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely.
Spread Fudge Frosting between layers and on top and sides
of cake. Yield: one 2-layer cake.
Fudge Frosting:
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Combine first 3 ingredients in a heavy saucepan; stir
in milk. Add butter; bring to a boil. Cover and cook
over medium heat 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir
in vanilla. Beat at medium speed of an electric mixer
until spreading consistency.
Yield: 2 1/4 cups
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