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      Title: Perfect Chocolate Cake with Perfect Chocolate Frosting
 Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 20 servings
 
      1 c  Cocoa
      2 c  Boiling water
      1 c  Margarine
  2 1/2 c  Sugar
      4    Eggs
  2 3/4 c  Flour
      2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
  1 1/2 ts Vanilla
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      1 c  Whipping cream
      1 ts Vanilla extract
    1/4 c  Powdered sugar
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      6 oz Semisweet chocolate
    1/2 c  Half and half
    3/4 c  Butter
  2 1/2 c  Powdered sugar
 
  Recipe by: Southern Living Five Star Recipe
  Perfect Chocolate Cake: Combine cocoa and boiling water,
  stirring until smooth; set aside.
  Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.  Add eggs,
  one at a time. Combine flour, soda, baking powder, and salt
  in bowl; add to mixture alternately with cocoa mixture.
  Stir in vanilla. Use two 10" pans.  Bake 350 degrees for 30
  ~ 40 minutes.
  WHIPPPED CREAM FILLING:
  Beat whipping cream and vanilla until foamy; gradually add
  powdered sugar.  Makes 1 cup.
  PERFECT CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
  Combine first three ingredients in saucepan; cook until
  chocolate melts.  Remove from heat; add powdered sugar.
  Set pan in ice, and beat until frosting holds it shape and
  loses it gloss.  Add a few more drops of half/half if
  needed to make spreading consistency.  Makes 2 1/2 cups
 
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