Chanukah gelt double fudge chocolate layer cake

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Sugar
1¼ cup Oil
3 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2½ cup All-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Salt
1½ teaspoon Baking soda
1½ teaspoon Baking powder
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon
1 cup Cocoa; measured then sifted
1½ cup Warm; flat cola soda
½ cup Chocolate chips; melted and cooled
2 tablespoons Shortening
¾ cup Unsalted butter or unsalted margarine
1 teaspoon Vanilla
¾ cup Cocoa; measured then sifted
3 cups Confectioners' sugar; measured then sifted, up to 4
½ cup Water; cola or half-and-half
Gold chocolate coins; (20 to 30)
Color jimmies or cake sprinkles
Miniature decorative plastic dreidels

Directions

CAKE

CHOCOLATE ICING

GARNISH

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 2 9-inch layer pans and line with parchment paper circles.

In a large mixing bowl, blend sugar and oil. Add eggs and mix until well blended and mixture is thick and lightened in texture. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and cocoa.

Fold dry ingredients into wet - and mix - drizzling in cola as mixture blends. If using an electric mixer, use slow speed and mix about 3 minutes, scraping sides and bottom once to incorporate all ingredients evenly. This is a thin batter.

Bake, on middle oven rack, 35-40 minutes, until cakes spring back when lightly touched.

ICING: Cream melted chocolate, shortening, butter and vanilla with cocoa and l cup of the confectioner's sugar. Add remaining confectioner's sugar and whip on high speed, adding in a bit of water, cola or half-and-half to get a light, fluffy consistency. If not using right away, re-whip before using. Add additional warm water to get correct consistency (a tablespoon at a time).

DECORATING: Place one layer on a cardboard circle. Ice this with about ½ inch of frosting. Place top layer and ice cake - sides first. Coat sides with colored sprinkles. Garnish bottom edge with coins. Garnish top with coins - placing them either flat on top of cake or standing up (You may cut some of the coins in half to garnish border of top layer). Place a couple of miniature dreidels in centre if desired or Chanukah candles (can be lit when menorah is lit).

Recipe by: Bater Baking.com( Baker Boulanger) Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by Joyce Rosenfield <dogsmom@...> on Dec 10, 1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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