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                            CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE
 
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 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1 1/4   c            Sugar
      1/2   c            Cocoa
      1/2   c            Water, boiling
      1/2   c            Shortening
    2                    Eggs
    2       ts           Vanilla
    2       c            Cake flour, sifted
    1       t            Baking soda
      2/3   c            Buttermilk
 
   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Combine about 1/2 cup
   sugar with cocoa and boiling water, and cook over a
   low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is
   glossy.  Cool.
   
   Cream the shortening and eggs with the remaining
   sugar.  Add the cocoa mixture and the vanilla. Add the
   dry ingredients and the buttermilk alternately.
   
   Bake in 2 greased layer pans at 350 degrees F. for
   30-35 minutes.  You can also make this as a
   single-layer cake.  Just bake it a few minutes longer,
   as it is thicker.
   
   NOTES:
   
   *  A moist 2-layer chocolate layer cake; this was our
   wedding cake.  Yield: serves 8.
   
   *  Frost the cake with your favorite frosting; we used
   chocolate mousse filling.
   
   : Difficulty:  easy.
   : Time:  30 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking and
   cooling and frosting. : Precision:  measure the
   ingredients.
   
   : Aviva Garrett
   : Santa Cruz, CA
   : Excelan, Inc., San Jose, California, USA
   : {sun,3comvax}!excelan!aviva
   
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