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Chocolate Layer Cake

SUBMITTED BY: Verna Mae Floyd

"You can 'halve' your cake and eat it, too, when you make Verna Mae Floyd's chocolaty classic for two. 'My mother came up with this delicious dessert after we kids left the nest,' she explains from Highlands, Texas. 'Today, I split this tempting two-layer treat with my husband.'"
PREP TIME  30 Min
COOK TIME  30 Min
READY IN  1 Hr
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 4 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons hot water

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a mixing bowl, beat shortening and sugar. beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Pour into a greased and floured 9-in. round baking pan.
  2. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  3. For frosting, in a small mixing bowl, cream butter. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar, cocoa, vanilla and enough water to achieve spreading consistency.
  4. To assemble, cut cake in half. Place one half on a serving plate. Spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with remaining cake. Spread remaining frosting over top and rounded edge of cake.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 14, 2007 by Breanna N.
This cake was awesome! It was moist and chocolatey! I made it for a work pot luck and it was gone real fast. Thanks again! I will definitely make it again.

2 users found this review helpful
The reviewer gave this recipe 1 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 2, 2007 by HONEY0597
The ingredient list called for baking soda, and the instructions called for baking soda and baking powder--- how much baking powder?? I did not add the baking powder, because I didn't know how much. The cake was dry and tough.

0 users found this review helpful


 
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