Chocolate Fudge Cake
Source of Recipe
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List of Ingredients
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine, at
room temperature
2 1/4 cups packed light-brown sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup sour cream
1 cup boiling water
Chocolate Fudge Frosting (recipe follows)
Recipe
1. Heat oven to 350?. Grease and flour two 9 x 2-inch
round cake pans.
2. Melt chocolate in small bowl over hot, not boiling,
water; cool.
3. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt onto
waxed paper.
4. Beat butter in bowl until soft. Beat in sugar and
eggs at high speed until light and fluffy, 5 minutes.
Beat in vanilla and melted chocolate.
5. Stir in flour mixture alternately with sour cream,
beating with wooden spoon after each addition until
smooth. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
Divide at once between prepared pans.
6. Bake in 350? oven 35 minutes or until centers
spring back when lightly pressed with fingertips. Cool
layers in pans on wire rack, 10 minutes. Loosen around
edges with small knife or spatula; turn out onto wire
racks and cool completely.
7. Meanwhile, prepare Chocolate Fudge Frosting (recipe
follows).
8. Place one cake layer on a large serving plate.
Spread with about one-quarter of the frosting. Place
the second layer on top. Spread the remaining frosting
over the sides and top of the cake.
Chocolate Fudge Frosting:
Combine 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate and 1/2 cup (1
stick) unsalted butter or margarine in a small heavy
saucepan. Place the pan over low heat just until
melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
Combine 1 box (1 pound) confectioners sugar, 1/2 cup
milk and 2 teaspoons vanilla in a medium-size bowl;
stir together until smooth. Stir in the chocolate
mixture until well blended. Set the bowl in a pan of
ice water and beat with a wooden spoon until the
frosting is thick enough to spread and hold its shape.
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