Best Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting
Recipe
- Title:
- Best Chocolate Cake with Fudge Frosting
- Categories:
- Chocolate, Cakes/choc.
- Yield:
- 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 c Flour
- 1 ts Vanilla
- 2 c Sugar
- 1/2 ts Baking powder
- 1/2 c Shortening
- 2
- Eggs
- 3/4 c Water
- 4 oz Unsweetened chocolate,
- 3/4 c Buttermilk
- -melted and cooled
- 1 ts Baking soda
- Fudge frosting (see below)
- 1 ts Sale
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2. Grease and flour 13 x 9 x 3 pan, 3 8" round pans or 2 9" round pans.
Ingredients
- 3. Beat all ingredients except fudge frosting in a large bowl on low speed
- for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes,
- scraping bowl constantly. Pour into pan(s).
Ingredients
- 4. Bake for 40-45 minutes (rectangle pan) or 30-35 minutes (round pans),
- or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool rounds 10 min.; remove from
- pans. Cool completely. Frost.
Directions
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Directions
- Fudge Frosting
Ingredients
- 2 c sugar
- 1/2 c shortening 3 oz unsweetened
- chocolate
- 2/3 c milk 1/2 t salt 2 t vanilla
Directions
- Mix all ingredients except vanilla in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan.
- Heat to a rolling boil, stirring occasionally.
- Boil 1 minute without stirring.
- Place saucepan in a bowl of ice and water.
- Beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency; add vanilla.
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