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      Title: Chocolate Sour Cream Cake-Part 1
 Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 1 servings
 
    1/2 c  Boiling water
    1/2 c  Cocoa
    2/3 c  Butter; or margarine
  1 3/4 c  Sugar; granulated
      2    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla extract
  2 1/2 c  Cake flour; sifted
  1 1/2 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Salt
      1 c  Sour cream
      1 oz Unsweetened chocolate
           For garnish
           Chocolate-dipped str
           -awberries
           Mint leaves; for garnish
           Filling:
    1/4 c  Flaked coconut; optional
    1/4 c  Nuts; chopped; toasted
           Fluffy cocoa frosting:
  4 1/2 c  Confectioners' sugar
    1/2 c  Cocoa
    1/2 c  Butter or margarine;
           -softened
      5 tb Half-and-half; or milk
      1 ts Vanilla extract
           Chocolate-dipped-
           Strawberries-
    1/2 c  Semisweet chocolate chips
      1 ts Shortening
     10    Fresh strawberries; (10 to
           -12)
 
  Recipe by: Chocolate Collection from Cooking Class Maga
  Preheat oven to 350~. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans.
  Add 2-3 teaspoons flour to each pan. Gently tap side of pan
  to evenly coat bottom and side of pan with flour. Invert
  pan and gently tap bottom of pan to remove excess flour.
  Gradually add water to cocoa, stirring until well blended;
  cool slightly.  See part 2.
 
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