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       Title: Fabulous Chocolate Cake
  Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 18 servings
  
     1/2 c  Margarine; or
            Half margarine half butter
         c  Sugar
       2    Eggs
       3 oz Chocolate; melted
   1 1/2 c  Milk
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 ts Red food coloring
       2 c  Cake flour; sifted
       2 ts Baking powder
            Salt
       1 c  Pecans; finely chopped
            Frosting:
     1/4 c  Butter; or margarine
   1 1/2 oz Chocolate; melted
       1    Egg; beaten
       1 ts Vanilla
       1 pk Powdered sugar
       1 c  Pecans
  
   Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating
   well after each addition.  Add chocolate, then add combined
   liquid ingredients alternately with combined dry
   ingredients. Add nuts. Bake in greased and floured
   13x9-inch pan for approximately 40 minutes at 350~. Note.
   Cake is delicious without pecans. Just use them in the
   frosting if you prefer.
   Frosting.  Melt butter and chocolate.  Add a small amount
   to beaten egg, then add back into chocolate mixture. Add
   vanilla. Stir in powdered sugar and nuts.
  
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