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      Title: Decadent Chocolate Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 12 servings
 
      1 c  Water; boiling
      3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
      8 tb Sweet butter
      1 ts Vanilla extract
      2 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs; separated
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 c  Sour cream
      2 c  Flour; sifted; minus 2 tbls
      1 ts Baking powder
           Frosting:
      2 tb Sweet butter
    3/4 c  Semisweet chocolate chips
      6 tb Heavy cream
  1 1/4 c  Powdered sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  Preheat oven to 350~. Grease and flour a 10" tube pan.
  Knock out excess. Pour boiling water over chocolate and
  butter; let stand until melted. Stir in vanilla and sugar,
  then whisk in egg yolks, one at a time, blending well after
  each addition. Mix baking soda and sour cream and whisk
  into chocolate mixture. Sift flour and baking powder
  together and add to batter, mixing thoroughly. Beat egg
  whites until stiff but not dry. Stir a quarter of the egg
  whites thoroughly into the batter. Scoop remaining egg
  whites on top of the batter and gently fold together. Pour
  batter into the prepared pan. Set on the middle rack of the
  oven and bake for 40-50 minutes, or until the edges have
  pulled away from the sides of the pan and a cake tester
  inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for
  10 minutes; unmold and cool completely before frosting. 12
  portions.
  
  CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Place all ingredients in a heavy
  saucepan over low heat and whisk until smooth. Cool
  slightly; add more sugar if necessary to achieve a
  spreading consistency. Spread on cake while frosting is
  still warm.
 
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