Perfect chocolate cake with perfect chocolate frosting

20 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Cocoa
2 cups Boiling water
1 cup Margarine
2½ cup Sugar
4 Eggs
2¾ cup Flour
2 teaspoons Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
1½ teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Whipping cream
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
¼ cup Powdered sugar
6 ounces Semisweet chocolate
½ cup Half and half
¾ cup Butter
2½ cup Powdered sugar

Directions

WHIPPPED CREAM FILLING

PERFECT CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Perfect Chocolate Cake: Combine cocoa and boiling water, stirring until smooth; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time. Combine flour, soda, baking powder, and salt in bowl; add to mixture alternately with cocoa mixture. Stir in vanilla.

Use two 10" pans. Bake 350 degrees for 30 - 40 minutes WHIPPPED CREAM FILLING: Beat whipping cream and vanilla until foamy; gradually add powdered sugar. Makes 1 cup.

PERFECT CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Combine first three ingredients in saucepan; cook until chocolate melts. Remove from heat; add powdered sugar. Set pan is ice, and beat until frosting holds it shape and loses it gloss. Add a few more drops of half/half if needed to make spreading consistency. Makes 2½ cups

Recipe By : Southern Living Five Star Recipe Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #293 Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 22:10:16 -0800 From: scahill@... (Edward Cahill)

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