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       Title: Best Fudge Cake
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 10 servings
  
       3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
            -squares
     1/2 c  Butter or margarine;
            -softened
   2 1/4 c  Brown sugar; firmly packed
       3    Eggs
   1 1/2 ts Vanilla extract
   2 1/4 c  Cake flour; sifted
       2 ts Baking soda
     1/2 ts Salt
       8 oz Commercial sour cream
       1 c  Boiling water
            Whipped cream filling
            ; see recipe for
            Chocolate mocha frosting
            ; see recipe for
  
   Recipe by: Southern Living
   Preparation Time: 0:25
   Place chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a
   boil.  Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts.  Set
   aside to cool. Cream softened butter; gradually add sugar,
   beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.  Add
   eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add
   chocolate and vanilla; mix just until blended. Combine
   flour, soda, and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately
   with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixure.
   Stir in boiling water.  (Batter will be thin.) Pour batter
   into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cakepans.  Bake at
   350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick
   inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10
   minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire
   racks.
   
   Split cake layers in half horizontally to make 4 layers.
   Spread Whipped Cream Filling between layers; spread
   Chocolate Mocha Frosting on top and sides of cake.
   Refrigerate until ready to serve.  Yield:  one 4-layer cake.
  
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