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    BEST BASIC CHOCOLATE CAKE

    List of Ingredients





    1/2 cup butter or margarine
    2 cups sugar
    3 eggs
    1-1/2 tsp. vanilla
    3 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted & cooled
    2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
    2 tsp. baking soda
    1/2 tsp. salt
    1 cup sour cream
    1 cup boiling water
    Milk chocolate icing (recipe follows)



    Recipe



    Beat butter and sugar together in large mixing bowl; add eggs; beat until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and chocolate. Sift together dry ingredients; add alternately with sour cream to butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans. Bake in preheated 350°. oven 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan on wire racks 10 minutes. Turn out onto racks; cool completely. Fill and frost as desired. Yield: 12 servings.


    MILK CHOCOLATE ICING
    1/2 cup butter
    1 (16 oz.) box confectioner's sugar, sifted
    1/4 cup milk
    6 oz. milk chocolate chips, melted and cooled

    Beat all ingredients together until light and fluffy. Yield: Approximately 2 cups.

 

 

 

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