Chocolate
Cake
>>MIX IN BOWL
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1lb. brown sugar
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1/4 tsp salt
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2 cups flour
>>ADD
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1/4lb butter melted with 3 squares
of Hershey's bitter chocolate
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(1 square = 3 tbl cocoa &
1 oz butter, if substitution needed)
>>ADD
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1 cup warm water with 1 1/2
tsp baking soda dissolved in it
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1/2 cup milk soured with 1 tsp
vinegar
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2 egg yolks
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1 tsp vanilla
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FOLD in 2 egg whites, beaten
stiff
>>Grease and flour chosen
pans and bake 350º (35 min for 9" round pans)
>>Ice with chocolate or
peanut butter icing
COOKED CHOCOLATE ICING
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1 cup sugar
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1/4 tsp salt
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1 cup water
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3 tbl cornstarch
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1 tbl Hershey's Cocoa
>>Cook until thick, stirring
all the time, remove from heat and add 3 tbls butter and 1 tsp vanilla
>>Pour, dip, or ice |